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1971 - 0049.PDF
46-47 AIR TRANSPORT... BRITISH AIRLINES: FINANCIAL DERIVATIVES, 1968 FLIGHT International, 14 January 1971 Revenue/CTM(£): scheduled non-scheduled overall*.. Cost/CTM (£) Operating profit (loss) as % of revenue Net profit (loss)t as % of capital employed Britannia — 0.078 0.084 0.074 12.9 8.3 BAS 0.207 0.116 0.186 0.198 (6.5) (47.9) BEA 0.186 0.079 0.186 0.181 3.1 2.0 BOAC 0.106 0.142 0.109 0.096 12.7 18.6 BUA 0.113 0.078 0.101 0.096 4.1 (0.1) Caledonian — 0.069 0.076 0.070 7.7 3.1 Dan-Air 0.121 0.103 0.117 0.115 1.4 14.9 Laker — 0.078 0.087 0.067 22.7 13.0 Monarch — 0.052 0.057 0.055 3.2 65.4 All UK airlines 0.129 0.065 0.119 0.108 8.3 9.9 Compiled by "Flight" from DTI statistics. * Includes incidental operating revenue, t Before tax. SOME DERIVATIVES THE financial statistics on British airlines published recently by the Department of Trade and Industry (as reported in Flight last week, page 4) permit for the first time some comparison of the performance of British operators. Some financial derivatives produced by Flight from the official figures are given in the table above. The matter is to some extent historical, relating as it does to 1968, but has not previously been available. It should be possible to update it during this year with the publication by DTI of data for 1969 and 1970. The derivation of a figure for the seat-mile yield and cost has not been possible owing to the fact that the official figures do not break revenue down into passenger and cargo revenue. The comparison shows that in 1968 BUA's ton-mile costs were similar to those of BOAC, even though the corporation has a much longer average sector distance. Again, BUA's costs were far lower than those of BEA, a disparity which is probably too great to explain by the fact that BEA is a shorter-haul airline. (In 1969 the average sector distances were: BOAC, 1,740 st. miles; BUA, 530 miles; BEA, 345 miles.) Equally the relative overall cheapness of BUA's operation must be due in part at least to the fact that a much larger proportion of its operations are non-scheduled than those of either corporation. Laker Airways comes out as operationally the most profitable of the airlines included in the survey. • In last week's report (page 4) the airlines which declined to take part in the DTI survey were listed; this list should not however have included Donaldson, Invicta and Trade- winds, which were either not operating in 1968 or not then functioning in their present form. IT CAN'T GET WORSE THE future of Leeds-Bradford Airport "could only be better" than the immediate past, says the airport director, Mr G. P. Seller, in his monthly newsletter for December, just published. He refers to 1970 as "a most trying year." But to a large extent, he adds, the future is dependent on an evaluation study by Northeast, the airport's chief customer, of its operations there in the next five years. The airline expects to present the results of its study to the airport committee in March. The particular event of 1970 which depressed Mr Seller was no doubt the refusal of planning permission for the extension of the main runway, which would have permitted normal jet operations. Channel Airways has received Presidential approval for a CAB decision to grant it a US foreign carrier permit. Alitalia announces that Dr Fabrizio Serena di Lapigio has been appointed vice-director, general sales and traffic, of the airline. Britannia Airways has announced the appointment of Mr Peter Swift as commercial director, and Mr Robert Horlock as sales director. Mr Swift has been the airline's planning director since 1969. Mr Horlock has headed the commercial and sales department. Runway Accident An Alitalia Caravelle hit a snowplough during a take-off run at Turin on December 30. Fuel from the damaged wing caught fire, and the snowplough driver was killed. Emergency evacuation followed abandonment of the take-off run, and three of the 33 passengers were reported injured. Sydenham Airport, Belfast, is being promoted as an alternative terminal for traffic to and from Northern Ireland by Shorts, who own the airfield. A decision was taken recently to reopen this company aerodrome to commercial traffic. Shorts claim that Sydenham is more conveniently situated than Aldergrove, particularly for cargo, and point out that it is adjacent to Belfast Docks. The airfield is radar-equipped and has a 6,000ft, 1,830m, runway. Air Transport continued on page 50 ACCIDENT AND INCIDENT REVIEW: DECEMBER 1970 FATAL ACCIDENTS A summary of reported accidents and incidents to public transport operators' aircraft Date Carrier Aircraft Total Location Fatalities occupants Circumstances Pass Crew Pass Crew Dec 2 Dec 5 Dec 7 Dec 19 Dec 28 Dec 31 Cargolux Jamair Tarom Aeroflot Trans-Caribbean PIA CL-44 (TF-LLG) DC-3 (VT-CZC) BAC 1-11 (YR-BCA) An-22 B-727 F.27(AP-AUV) Dacca Delhi Constanza Panagarh St Thomas Shamshernagar - 1 18 17 2 7 12 20 46 31 17 4 7 7 4 Crashed on approach. 4 persons on ground killed Crashed shortly after take-off Crashed on approach Caught fire and crashed on landing Swerved and crashed on landing Crashed and burnt out on landing NON-FATAL INCIDENTS Date Dec 10 Dec 23 Dec 30 Carrier Caribair ? Alitalia Aircraft Convair340(N3417) F.27 Caravelle Location St Thomas Fiumicirto Turin Injuries Pass Crew 3 - Total occupants Pass Crew 36 33 3 5 Circumstances Damaged on landing Collided with generator lorry on tarmac Hit snow plough on take off (driver killed)
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