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imernational, 27 January 1966 j£T SHUTTLE FOR WASHINGTON Tup question of whether Eastern Airlines will be able to I de the New York - Washington sector when they intro- J° Boeing 727s on shuttle services has been settled. The FAA has approved the use of Washington National Airport . use jjy two- and three-engined short-haul jets from April ->4 (the date of the start of daylight-saving time and summer " hedules). EAL intended to start using 727s on first-section flights of the NY - Boston and (if approved) NY - Washington hurtle services from May 1 (see Flight for November 25, page 882). Until now Washington National has not accepted jets be- cause of its short runways (6,870ft maximum) though its posi- tion nearer the city centre has meant that this airport is more practical for short-haul services than the larger and newer Dulles International. Airlines, say the FAA, have agreed to limit operations to and from Washington National to those involving non-stop distances not more than about 650 miles except in cases (up to 1,000 miles) where non-stop schedules had served the airport in 1965. A modernisation programme for Washington National's terminal is now likely. ITALIAN DAMPENER ONE of the three-man all-party mission which went to Italy on January 17 to discuss the future of Anglo-Italian aircraft projects in the light of Alitalia's decision to buy DC-9s instead of One-Elevens (Flight for January 20, page 87), has made a comment. Mr Neil Marten said on his return that any chance that the Italian government will reverse the airline's decision was "only a possibility." The "failure to take British aircraft was a further example of their lack of interest in co-operation." "I understand," he added, "that the contract for the American aircraft has been signed and there will shortly be a debate in the Italian Parliament on the subject." SAS RE-EQUIPMENT PROBLEMS THE Scandinavian Airlines System has taken delivery of its 19th Caravelle 3; the 20th and final one of the type on order will be delivered in February. Three of the Caravelles are leased to Thai Airways International, and thus SAS will have 17 of the type on Scandinavian and European routes this summer to give 12 per cent more capacity than in 1965. SAS long-range capacity will be increased early next year with two more DC-8-55s, bringing the total DC-8 fleet to ten aircraft. Since last August talks have been in progress between SAS and Swissair regarding the renewal of the technical agreement between the two airlines. Co-operation was begun some seven years ago when they pooled their spares and maintenance facili- ties for the Caravelle, Convair 880/990 and DC-8. A complicat- ing factor in the renewal discussion is the pending SAS decision on new short-haul equipment. The airline is believed to favour a combination fleet of Boeing 727s and 737s together with the re-engining of its Convair 340/440s with Rolls-Royce Darts for domestic operations. If this plan materialises it would in- volve the gradual replacement of the Caravelle and Convair 880 fleets and the dissolution of the common link with Swissair —which, incidentally, has already chosen the DC-9 for its short-haul jet operations. B0AC OMITS RHODESIA YESTERDAY, January 26, was the date of the last BOAC service through Salisbury, Rhodesia, until the present difficulties there have been resolved. African services will now fly Nairobi- Johannesburg direct to overcome the embargo by east African countries on aircraft having passed through Salisbury (see Flight jot'January 20, page 91). The service which BOAC operated on oehalf of Central African Airways each Thursday from London io Salisbury has also been terminated as from today, January 27. h !f°rtS that Sabena would provide one flight per week from Aodesia to Europe, via the Congo, West Africa and Madrid, Ln ,, med bv an airline spokesman, who said that Sabena ig.u.d n°t fly to Rhodesia without the permission of the sol d" G°Vernment> as lon8 as me Rhodesian crisis was un- 131 RUSSO-JAPANESE ROUTE PACT SIGNED THE Foreign Ministers of Russia and Japan signed an agree- ment in Moscow on January 21 which will provide a Moscow- Tokyo service over Siberia (see Flight, for December 30, 1965, page 1102). When the service starts, probably in June, Japan Air Lines will be allowed to fly its own aircraft only as far as Khabarovsk on the Siberian coast. From there to Moscow Aeroflot and JAL will jointly charter Tu-114 turboprops operated by Russian flight crews. This is a compromise suggested by the Russians, who have refused to open Siberian skies to foreign aircraft for military reasons although JAL may be allowed to put its DC-8s on the whole route after two years. The fare will be approximately £200 as opposed to the present £270 by the polar route. DC-8-63s for Canadian Pacific Three DC-8-63s have been ordered by Canadian Pacific Airlines for delivery in the summer of 1967. Mont Blanc Disaster An Air-India 707, en route for Geneva from Beirut, crashed into the west side of Mont Blanc on January 24. As we went to press it was believed that there were no survivors among the 107 passengers and crew of 10. Super DC-8 Rollout The first Super 61 DC-8 was rolled off the final assembly line of the Douglas plant at Long Beach, California, last Monday, January 24. The first flight is due in March. DC-9s for Siidflug The privately owned charter carrier, Siidflug, based in Stuttgart, has ordered two Series 30 DC-9s for delivery in the spring of 1968. The Series 30 is the extended-fuselage version of the DC-9. with a passenger capacity of 115. Siidflug is also buying two DC-8s from Swissair. No Shannon Take-over An agreement has been reached between Shannon Air and Shannon Repair Services for the provision of ground handling, flight dispatch and flight watch. The two companies continue as separate entities and there has not, as reported (see Flight for January 20, page 90), been a take-over. Stretched DC-8 Simulator for KLM A digital flight simula- tor for its new Douglas DC-8-63 has been ordered by KLM from CAE Industries of Montreal. Also ordered are inter- changeable instrument panels so that the airline can use the simulators to train pilots for both the ordinary and stretched DC-8. New Baggage Rules on BEA Domestics After February 1 passengers on BEA domestic flights will be allowed to take as much baggage as they wish free of charge provided it will fit into one specifically sized large and one small suitcase. The present 331b free baggage allowance will be abolished and so will the excess charges calculated on weight. Charges will be payable on extra pieces of baggage and for abnormally large cases or trunks. North Atlantic UAA? A CAB examiner has recommended that United Arab Airlines should have a foreign carrier per- mit for operations to New York via points in Europe and the British Isles. UAA, who have been considering North Atlantic services for nearly four years, but have not been in a position to order long-haul jet equipment, will operate initially with Comet 4Cs on a once-weekly return basis via Shannon. Interavia says that UAA is now negotiating with Boeing for the purchase of five 707s. 1.8 Million BUA Passengers British United Airways and its associated airlines carried 9 per cent more passengers in 1965 compared with the previous year. A total of 1,860,000 passengers travelled on the group's international, domestic and vehicle-ferry network, compared with 1,720,000 in 1964. BUA traffic through Gatwick Airport was up by 20 per cent to an all-time record of 791,000 passengers. Among the biggest in- creases were those on the routes to East, West and Central Africa (24 per cent up), Palma (42 per cent up) and Genoa. (39 per cent up).
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