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1964
1964 - 0895.PDF
504 FLIGHT International, 2 April 1964 WORLD AIRLINE SURVEY . . . Airwork Services, Aviation Traders Engineer-ing, Morton Air Services and Straits Air Freight Express. British United operatespassenger services from Gatwick to East, West and Central Africa, to the CanaryIslands, Gibraltar, Malaga, Rotterdam, Genoa, Palma, Lourdes, Paris, Seville andBarcelona. It has also been granted licences by the British Government to operate otherscheduled services in Europe subject to the approval of foreign governments. BUA oper-ates the "Africargo" service, the scheduled all- freight service between Europe and Africa.The airline also does a good deal of charter business, including numerous IT flights and thecarriage of Service personnel and their families to Hong Kong, Singapore, Aden,Nairobi, Cyprus and to four destinations in Germany. BUA acts as technical advisor toSudan Airways, manages Sierra Leone Air- ways and operates its internal and internationalservices, and also provides managerial advice to Ghana Airways.Head Office: Portland House, Stag Place, London, SW1. Executives: Sir Myles Wyatt, chairman; F. A.Laker, managing director; D. A. Whybrow, chief commercial executive; E. N. Jennings,general manager, flight operations; A. M. Blakemote, "general commercial manager; J.L. Byrne, general traffic manager; H. E. Cross, general sales manager; G. W. Foster, chartermanager; H. S. Perren, inclusive tours man- ager; W. A. Richardson, chief engineer; C.Nunn, purchasing & general service manager; A. T. Pugh, economic planning manager.Employees: 2,000. Fleet: eight Britannia (two leased fromBO AC), two DC-6A, one DC-6C, six Viscount 800-series, four Viscount 700-series (threeleased from Maitland Drewery), one Herald 204, one Ctssna 320A Skynight. On order:two Vickers VC10, ten BAC One-Eleven. British United (CI) Airways is the registeredtrade name of Airlines (Jersey) Ltd and incor- porates the former Northern network ofSilver City. British United (CI) came into being in November 1962 as part of the AirHoldings group of companies and operates passenger services from Jersey to Guernsey,Alderney, Bournemouth, Belfast, Cork, Dub- lin, Southampton, Exeter, London, Plymouth,Paris, Dinard, St Brieuc, Granville, Quimper, Coventry, Manchester, Glasgow, Leeds andBlackpool. From the Isle of Man services are operated to Edinburgh, Glasgow, Carlisle,Newcastle, Leeds, Blackpool, Belfast and Birmingham; from Blackpool to Dublin, Isle ofMan, Jersey, Belfast, Newcastle and Leeds; from Newcastle to Amsterdam, Dusseldorf,Blackpool, Isle of Man and Leeds; from Man- chester to Bournemouth and Jersey; fromBournemouth to Belfast, Dublin, Alderney, Glasgow, Guernsey, Jersey, Manchester andExeter; and from Exeter, to Paris, Dublin, Cork, Belfast, Bournemouth, Guernsey andJersey. Head Office: States Airport, Jersey, ChannelIslands. Executives: Sir Myles Wyatt, chairman; M. L.Thomas, managing director; H. I. Allan, commercial manager; Capt B. W. Gardiner,operations; T. C. Chandler, engineering. Employees: 720.Fleet: six Herald 201, 14 DC-3, two Heron IB. British West Indian Airways was a wholly-owned subsidiary of BO AC until November 1, 1961, when the Trinidad Government acquiredcontrol, BO AC retaining a 10 per cent holding. The company was originally organized in 1940and began operations with one Lodestar. In 1947 British South American Airwaysacquired control of BWIA and this passed to BO AC when it took over BSAA. In 1949BOAC took over British Caribbean Airways and merged its operations with those of BWIA.An extensive network of Caribbean services is now operated from Bermuda as far southas Georgetown (British Guiana). New York is also served. Viscounts are used on themajor routes, supplemented by Britannias and Boeing 707s chartered from BOAC for the NewYork - St John's - Bridgetown - Port of Spain route. LIAT is a subsidiary of BWIA. Head Office: Port of Spain, Trinidad, BWI.Executives: Sir Patrick Hobson, chairman; Capt P. W. Kelshall, general manager; B. F.Pantin, general sales manager; P. Habib, traffic manager; M. de Comarmond, salesmanager, Caribbean; G. R. Simmons, sales manager, North America.Employees: 1,318. Fleet: five Viscount 700-series, three DC-3.On order: three Boeing 727. British Westpoint Airlines, previously knownas Westpoint Aviation Ltd, was formed in 1961 as a charter operator based at ExeterAirport. On May 7, 1962 Westpoint began a daily DC-3 service between London (Heath-row) and Exeter, which has now been extended to Newquay.Head Office: Exeter Airport, Exeter, Devon. Executives: F. H. J. Mann, managing director;J. F. Mann, general manager; D. R. Mann, chief pilot.Fleet: three DC-3. Bulgarian—see TABSO. Bush Pilots Airways operates charter servicesin Queensland and in 1962 took over Somerset Airways Ltd, another Queensland-basedcharter operator. Bush Pilots Airways has bases at Cairns, Normanton and Longreachsand is an authorized Cessna dealer. Head Office: Cairns, Queensland.Executives: H. S. Williams, chairman; R. H. Norman, managing director.Fleet: seven Aztec, one Cessna 310, two Cessna 205, two Cessna 185A, two Cessna 182, oneCessna 180, one Cessna 175, two Cessna 172, one Comanche, three Autocar. Byerly Aviation used to operate a regularservice from Jacksonville, Illinois, to Peoria where it connected with Ozark flights to andfrom Chicago. This service has been sus- pended but Byerly continues charter flying,operating a flying school and as a fixed base operator. A branch was opened at theMemorial Airport, Pueblo, Colorado under the name Byerly Airlines for fixed base opera-tion, but Byerly ceased operations at Pueblo on January 31, 1962.Head Office: Greater Peoria Airport, Peoria, Illinois.Executives: R. M. Byerly, president; W. M. Staker, vice-president; R. F. Sitton, treasurer;L. B. Byerly, secretary. Employees: 20. Fleet: one Aztec, two Apache, six Comanche,two Cherokee, one Tri-Pacer, four others. Caledonian Airways (Prestwick) was incor-porated in April 1961 to undertake charter work, especially IT and transatlantic groupcharters. It was the first non-American independent carrier to obtain permission fromthe Civil Aeronautics Board to operate closed- group charter flights to the USA. In additionto transatlantic charters the company operates a large programme of inclusive tours fromGatwick, Manchester and Prestwick plus trooping and ad hoc charter work. Allaircraft in the fleet are maintained by Sabena. Head Office: Imperial Buildings, VictoriaRoad, Horley, Surrey. Executives: John de la Haye, chairman; CaptA. Thomson, managing director; Frank Hope, deputy managing director; D. H. Walter,technical director; Dennis C. Standen, finan- cial director; D. M. Parlane, operationsmanager; Thomas J. Garrity, director (USA). Employees: 160. Fleet: three DC-7C leased from Sabena Onorder: one DC-7C, two DC-6B. Caledonian Flying Services Ltd was proposinglast year to operate charter services, including ambulance flights, from the mainland ofScotland to the Outer Orkneys and Kirkwall. A Thruxton Jackaroo was to have been used,and possibly a Helio Courier later. Head Office: Glasgow, Scotland.Executive: J. S. Swanson. Cambrian Airways began scheduled services in1946 and concentrates on serving South Wales and the West of England. With the grant oflicences to operate the ex-BEA Irish Sea services, Cambrian is now the second largestUK independent. A ten-year operating agreement was signed with BEA in 1956 and the corporation acquired a 33 per cent sharein Cambrian in 1958. Routes operated are from Cardiff and Bristol to Manchester (as afeeder to BOAC and BEA services) and Liverpool; from Manchester through Cardiffand Bristol to the Channel Islands; from Cardiff and Bristol to Bournemouth andParis; from Cork to London direct and via Cardiff or Bristol. Head Office: Cardiff (Rhoose) Airport,Barry, Glamorganshire, Wales. Executives: J. Morgan, chairman; Wg CdrL. B. Elwin, managing director; W. W. Stanley, secretary; B. J. T. Callan, operationsmanager; G. A. Perrott, chief pilot; R. H. Boutcher, chief engineer.Fleet: five Viscount 701, five DC-3. Cameroons Air Transport is a company of theBritten Norman group that operates domestic services in the Cameroons. Tiko, Douala,Bali and Mamfe are served. Head Office: PO Box 39, Victoria, Cameroons.Fleet: one Dornier Do 28, one Piper Aztec, one Apache. Campling Bros & Vanderwal—see Safari AirServices Ltd. Canadian Pacific Air Lines—CPAL wasformed in 1942 by the Canadian Pacific Railway to acquire ten of Canada's "bush"airlines, best known of which was Canadian Airways. CPAL operated a network ofservices in west and northwest Canada, a smaller network in the Winnipeg area and athird system in Quebec. These were part of the overall CPR system that included railwaysand ships. In 1949 the company opened two trans-Pacific routes, the first which now linksVancouver to Sydney via Honolulu, Fiji and Auckland, and the second linking Van-couver to Tokyo and Hong Kong via Cold Bay in the Aleutian Islands. In 1953 CPALinaugurated services from Vancouver to Mexico City and Lima, and this route hassince been extended to Santiago and Buenos Aires. In 1955 a trans-Polar route was openedbetween Vancouver and Amsterdam, and traffic stops were later added at Edmontonand Calgary. In 1957 a transatlantic route was opened to Madrid and Lisbon and a MexicoCity - Toronto - Montreal - Lisbon - Rome service was started on March 1, 1960. CPAL'smain trunk routes now extend from Sydney and Auckland to Amsterdam via Fiji, Hono-lulu and Vancouver, and from Buenos Aires to Hong Kong via Santiago, Lima, Mexico City,Calgary, Vancouver and Tokyo. Within Canada, CPAL operates from Vancouver asfar as Edmonton and Dawson City, and a daily Britannia service was inaugurated onMay 4, 1960 over the Vancouver - Winnipeg - Toronto - Montreal route. DC-8 "Jet Empress"services were inaugurated over the Vancouver - Amsterdam and Rome routes on May 31,1961, and DC-8s now fly the transcontinental Vancouver - Montreal route.Head Office: Vancouver Airport, BC Canada. Executives: G. W. G. McConachie, president-H. B. Renwick, vice-president sales and traffic; R. B. Phillips, vice-president operations; J. C.Gilmer, comptroller; A. Kramer, cargo sales manager. Fleet: five DC-8 Series 40, five Britannia 314,two DC-6A, three Convair 240, three DC-3. On order: three American SST. Capitol Airways is one of the largest US non-scheduled and supplemental carriers, and has engaged in international and domestic charterflying for 11 years. A good deal of trans- atlantic group charter work is undertaken.C-46s operate a daily service under Logair contract to no less than 71 USAF baseswithin the States, flying 338,000 ton-miles daily on Logair work. Head Office: Berry Field, Nashville, Tennes-see, USA. Executives: J. F. Stallings, president; WilliamB. Leonard, vice-president sales; M. H. Rowe, vice-president operations; Ben Peeples, vice-president maintenance. Employees: 750. Fleet: one DC-8F Jet Trader, 17 L.I049 (threeleased from Lockheed and seven leased from Seaboard), five Argosy 100, one L.749, 19C-46, one DC-3, one Bell 47G-2. Carbena Airways Ltd is a recently formed
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