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FLIGHT International, II November 1971 754 AIR TRANSPORT... instruments by Smiths Industries. Prior to this order Hawker Siddeley had contracted to produce six sets of wings, two of which are for structural test. The com pany had received authority to make long-lead purchases towards more wing sets before the French order was con firmed. Air France will take delivery of three aircraft in 1974 and three more in 1975, and considers that there will be a seat-mile cost saving of 20 per cent compared with short- haul types now in service such as the 727-200. Prospects for further orders for the A-300B appear to be good, following the Air France decision, and the other members of Atlas, Lufthansa, Alitalia, Sabena and, by looser association, Iberia, are all thought to be close to placing their first orders. The requirements of this group alone account for potential sales of 100 aircraft, and the chance of a comparable breakthrough into the KSSU group is thought to be good, particularly in view of the A-300B's CF6 engines which are common with those of the DC-lOs already on order by that consortium. FEBRUARY POLICY GUIDANCE to Britain's new Civil Aviation Authority— probably in the form of a White Paper—is likely to be published next February. The Department of Trade and Industry's target date for the CAA to take over its duties is April 1; no president of the authority has yet been appointed, but officials consider that an appointment by February would be in sufficient time. Meanwhile DoTI confirmed last week that there would be consultation with the industry over the drafting of the policy guidance, in particular where it concerns economic regulation. Time would be available for discussion of the guidance before it reached the form in which it was submitted to Parliament. The Department was unable to give any indication last week that the guidance would be published in draft form for public debate during the consultative period. A spokes man said that the consultations would proceed as outlined by Mr Michael Noble, Minister for Trade, in the House of Commons on March 29. Mr Noble said then that the Government favoured the widest possible disclosure of information, but the context was the extent to which the CAA would publish information. The Civil Aviation Act, 1971, which sets up the CAA, provides that a draft of the guidance document must be approved by a resolution of both Houses of Parliament before it becomes effective. DIRECTOR OUSTED SKYWAYS' managing director, John Knox, was replaced last week in a management change. The airline will now be headed by two joint managing directors, Nigel Warshaw and Leonard Hastings. Mr Warshaw comes to Skyways from Sterling Industrial Securities, the merchant bank which holds a half share in the airline. He told Flight last week that the move for Mr Knox's replacement came not from Sterling but from the other shareholders. Mr Knox, with a group of employees and with Sterling's backing, led the salvage of the airline after it had been placed in liquidation early this year. HEATHROW STRIKE ENDS GBOUND staff at London Heathrow resumed work on November 5 after a four-day unofficial stoppage over the implementation of the contract between Iberia and the Canadian handling company, General Aviation Services, which paralysed the airport. The 10,000 workers who were on strike had claimed that use of the company could endanger their jobs. They have been assured by the unions that if talks with the British Airports Authority and the Government break down they will be given support for future industrial action. BOAC puts its revenue losses at about £1 million and BEA estimates the stoppage cost £800,000. Pan American reported a net loss for the first nine months of 1971 of $13-9 million, compared with a loss of $1 -4 mil lion in the equivalent period of 1970. BOAC is setting aside about a third of its seating capacity as non-smoking areas. The corporation says that this is being made a permanent arrangement, following experi ments which established sufficient demand from pas sengers. US domestic traffic in the first nine months of the year (for the 11 trunk carriers) was a mere 0-5 per cent up on the equivalent period of 1970, according to the US Air Transport Association. The nine local-service carriers reported a 4-9 per cent increase. CF6 century General Electric has now delivered more than 100 CF6-6D turbofans, primarily to McDonnell Douglas but also to American United and National as spares for their DC-lOs. The last-mentioned airline is due to begin service with the aircraft next month. No prema ture engine removals took place in the first two months of service. Thrust guarantees have been met and fuel consumption is running 2 per cent below specification. Northeast (USA) reported a net operating loss for the first nine months of 1971 of $5-4 million, compared with $250,000 in the similar period of 1970. Net losses in the two periods were $9-2 million and $4-5 million respec tively. The airline attributes the increased losses to the fact that 1970 revenues were inflated by National's four-month strike early in that year. The application for a merger between Delta and Northeast is now before the Civil Aeronautics Board. The first and third production Concordes, left, are taking shape at Toulouse, while the second pre-production airframe, due to fly next spring, is being fitted with its systems
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