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FlIGHT International, 26 March 1970 WORLD AIRLINES 1970 . . . operations. Training and charter work is also undertaken. Head Office: Redhill Aerodrome, Nut-field, Surrey. Executives: Chairman, Alan Bristow; managing director, G. Russell Fry; direc tors, Hon A. Cayzer, J. A. Thomson, A. Green, J. Woolley. Employees: 515. Fleet: Nine Wessex 60, three Bell 204B, two Bell 205, 19 Whirlwind 3, 25 JetRanger, four Widgeon, one Alouette 2, one Alouette 3, 27 Hiller UH-12, 14 Bell 47G, 16 West-land Sioux, three BN-2A Islander. On order: Two Sikorsky S-61N. Britannia Airways Lid was formed on December 1, 1961, under the name Euravia (London) Ltd and began commercial opera tions on May 5, 1926, with a fleet of Constellations, under contract to Universal Sky Tours, then a principal shareholder. In 1965 the company became a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Thomson Organisa tion. Inclusive tours and charters plus main tenance work is undertaken. Britannia turboprops and Boeing 737 jets were intro duced into service in December 1964 and July 1968 respectively. Head Office: Luton Airport, Luton, Bedfordshire. Executives: Chairman, Sir Miles Thomas; managing director, J. Sauvage; operations director, D. H. Davison; commercial direc tor, R. B. Horlock; financial director, R. Muckleston; technical director, J. Little; planning director, P. H. Swift: director, J. C. Harrington. Employees: 650. Fleet: Six Boeing 737-204. two 737-204C, four Britannia 102. British Air Ferries Ltd, a subsidiary of Air Holdings and previously known as British United Air Ferries, operate vehicle-ferry, passenger and freight services from South end and Lydd to points on the Continent. Services are operated to Rotterdam, Ostend and Le Touquet. Rail-air-rail services are operated between London and Paris, Holland and Brussels (Belgian Arrow) in co-operation with the national railways of those countries. Head Office: Southend Airport, Southend. Essex. Executives: Chairman, L. A. Leroy; managing director, D. J. Piatt; directors, J. Wiseman, E. N. Jennings. M. S. F. Mula; operations manager, R. Langley: commercial sales manager, J. B. McKelvie; chief accountant, A. Healey. Employees: 449. Fleet: Six Carvair, five Freighter 32. British Air Services Ltd was formed in March 1967 to control the affairs of its subsidiaries, BKS Air Transport and Cam brian Airways, both of which became wholly-owned in November 1967. Major BAS shareholder is BEA with 70%. BKS and Cambrian retain their individual identi ties and operating autonomy over an exten sive network of scheduled services through out Britain and Europe. Head Office: Hodford House, 17/27 High Street, Hounslow, Middlesex. Executives: Managing director, C. A. Herring; financial controller, L. N. NOT- ton; general manager group planning, C. Stuart. Fleet: see under BKS Air Transport and Cambrian Airways. British European Airways Corporation (BEA) was incorporated as a State enterprise in August 1946 and since its foundation has become the biggest operator of air services in Europe. Route network extends to all the major cities of Europe plus points in the Middle East. More than one-third of BEA's effort goes into UK domestic operations. A large part of BEA's business is made up of tourist-class services generated by an elabor ate promotional fare-structure. Almost all international services are operated in pool partnership with European carriers. Main base is at Heathrow Airport. Head Office: Bealine House, Ruislip, Middlesex. Executives: Chairman, Sir Anthony Milward; chief executive, H. E. Marking; financial director, C. A. Herring; personnel director, J. L. Grumbridge; supplies and services director, R. A. Spencer; traffic and sales director, P. C. F. Lawton; operations director, Capt J. W. G. James; chief engineer, K. G. Wilkinson; secretary/ solicitor, M. J. Lester; chief of public relations, William Simpson. Employees: 22,173. Fleet: 21 HS Trident 1C, 14 Trident 2E, 18 One-Eleven 510, seven Comet 4B, 28 Viscount 800, 17 Vanguard, two Merchant man, four Argosy 222, two Heron. On order: 26 Trident 3B, seven Merchantman (Vanguard conversions). British Midland Airways Ltd was originally formed in 1947 and known until July 1964 as Derby Airways. Scheduled passenger ser vices are operated mainly from the East Midlands Airport (Derby) over an exten sive network of domestic and international routes. Inclusive tour, charter, flying train ing, air survey and maintenance work is also undertaken. The major shareholder in BMA is the Minster Assets group. Head Office: East Midlands Airport, Castle Donington, Derbyshire. Executives: Chairman, J. H. Hodgson; financial director, H. J. T. Free; general manager, Michael D. Bishop; operations director, Capt S. D. Fenton; company secretary, S. F. Balmforth. Employees: 400. Fleet: Two One-Eleven 500, five Viscount 800. On order: One One-Eleven 500, one Boeing 707-321. British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) was established as a corporation in 1939 to acquire and merge the under takings of Imperial Airways (founded in 1924 and tracing its ancestry back to 1919 when the world's first regular, scheduled passenger services were initiated) and British Airways. BOAC began operations on April 1, 1940, maintaining essential war time air services. Revenue operations began on April 1. 1946, and the airline was res ponsible for all British flag services to the USA, Middle East and Commonwealth. In 1949 it took over BSAA (British South American Airways Corporation) which was wound up. In May 1952 the airline intro duced the world's first commercial jet ser vices, with the Comet 1; the Comet 4 was introduced in 1958, beating the introduction of the Boeing 707 by several weeks. BOAC's operations have steadily expanded until today's route network is one of the world's largest, linking Britain with every con tinent. The airline has two round-the-world services—via the North Pacific and Japan and via the South Pacific and Australia. A Polar Service to Japan was introduced in May 1969 and operation of a trans- Siberian route to Japan via Moscow will begin in 1970, The airline operates a two- type jet fleet of VClOs and 707s, and is the largest non-US customer for the 747, which is to be introduced on the Atlantic routes in 1970. Associated, through BOAC Associated Comnanies Ltd, are various worldwide hotel activities and the following airlines: Air Mauritius, Bahamas Airways, Cathay Paci fic. Fiji Airways, Gulf Aviation and its subsidiary Aircraft Services (Gulf), Malay sia-Singapore Airlines and THY Turkish Airlines. Head Office: Speedbird House, Heath row Airport, Hounslow, Middlesex. Executives: Chairman, C. E. M. Hardie: deputy chairman /managing director, K. Granville; deputy managing director, J. R. Stainton; engineering director, C. Abell: planning director, W. Bray: secretary/soli citor, R. M. Forrest; financial director, D. H. Glover; commercial director, R. M. 475 Hilary; information handling director, P. M. R. Hermon; personnel director, O. J. Hinch; public relations director, A. C. Ponsford; chief engineer, J. G. Romeril; flight operations director, Capt F. W. Walton. Employees: 21,997. Fleet: 18 Boeing 707-436, six 707-336C, 11 VC10, 17 Super VC10. On order: Two 707-336C, two 707-336B, 12 747-136. On option: Eight Concorde, six Boeing SST. British United Airways Ltd was formed in July 1960 from the amalgamation of the Airwork group of companies with Hunting-Clan interests. In 1968, British United be came a wholly-owned subsidiary of BUA (Holdings) Ltd, whose principal stock holders are the British and Common wealth Shipping Co (92%) and Eagle Star Insurance (8%), BUA operates passenger services from Gatwick Airport, London to Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina and Chile; to East, West and Central Africa; to the Canary Islands, Gibraltar, Malaga, Rotter dam, Amsterdam, Genoa, Palma, Ibiza and Paris; and InterJet services to Edinburgh, Glasgow and Belfast. BUA operates the Africargo service, the scheduled all-freight service between Europe and Africa. A heavy programme of charter and inclusive-tour flights are also undertaken. BUA manages Sierra Leone Airways and operates its domestic and international services. Head Office: Gatwick Airport, Horley. Surrey, England. Executives: Chairman, Hon A. Cayzer; deputy chairman/managing director, Alan Bristow; director, J. A. Thomson; sales director, E. F. Bates; administrative direc tor, J. Bes; engineering director, W. A. Richardson: operations director, J. R. Side- botham; planning director, A. T. Pugh: financial director, A. F. Nickalls; directors. W. B. Caulfield, R. L. Cumming, J. A. Thomson, A. E. Lemon; general sales man ager, A. J. Lambert. Employees: 3,200. Fleet: Four VCI0, eight One-Eleven 200. eight One-Eleven 500. British United Island Airways Ltd was formed in November 1968 from the merger of BUA (CI), British United (Manx) Air ways, and Morton Air Services. BUIA is a wholly owned subsidiary of BUA (Hold ings) Ltd, and operates an extensive net work of scheduled services from Gatwick, Southampton, Jersey, Guernsey, Exeter. Dublin, Belfast, Isle of Man, Blackpool. Glasgow, Edinburgh, Newcastle, Leeds/ Bradford and Paris. In addition scheduled all-cargo services are operated to Dussel- dorf and Hamburg from Gatwick. Head Office: Gatwick Airport, Horley, Surrey, England. Executives: Chairman, Hon A. Cayzer: deputy chairman, J. A. Thomson; man aging director, Alan Bristow; technical director, W. A. Richardson; general manager, L. B. Elwin; commercial man ager, R. J. Wyles; engineering manager, W. Kerr; financial controller, M. A. War wick; operations manager, Capt S. G. Allen; planning manager, S. Matthews; directors, A. E. Lemon, Maj J. R. C. Riley. Employees : 578. Fleet: Seven Herald 200, four DC-3 freighters. British West Indian Airways Ltd was a wholly-owned subsidiary of BOAC until November 1, 1961, when the Trinidad Government acquired control. BOAC re taining a 10% holding. The company was originally organised in 1940 as one of the TACA group of companies. In 1947 British South American Airways acquired control of BWIA and this passed to BOAC when it took over BSAA. In 1949 BOAC took over British Caribbean Airways and merged its operations with those of BWIA. BWIA is now wholly-owned by the Trinidad and Tobago Government and operates an exten sive network of services throughout the Caribbean including daily services to Miami, New York, Guyana and twice-weekly to Surinam. Leeward Islands Air Transport is a subsidiary of BWIA. Head Office: Kent House, Long Circular
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