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6 FLIGHT International, 6 January 1972 WORLD NEWS... cent to 48-1 per cent. The passenger load factor was down from 54-4 per cent to 53-8 per cent. PIA Revised Schedules Pakistan International Airlines has announced a revised schedule start ing from January 1, amid increasing economic pressures on the carrier in the wake of the Indo-Pakistan conflict. The loss of East Pakistan has cut off a lucrative source of revenue for the airline — flights between East and West Pakistan provided important traffic. Flights to London are being reduced to four per week from the previous 11. Three weekly flights from Islama bad to Amsterdam via Teheran and Ankara remain, but other overseas routes are being trimmed. PIA is owned almost wholly by the Government. Its annual report earlier this month disclosed a drastic re duction in profits. Hants & Sussex Re-organisation On January 1 Hants & Sussex Aviation Ltd and Air Engine Services Ltd merged their facilities into a single company, Hants & Sussex Aviation. The two companies have been operated by the same management team for the past 12 months, and the re-organisation should strengthen and streamline the operation and remove some of the ambiguities caused by having identical management per sonnel. There are two plants, at Blindley Heath and Portsmouth. That at Blindley Heath will continue its sup port for Pratt & Whitney and its servicing of Rolls-Royce Darts, while the Portsmouth organisation will re tain responsibility for Allison gas turbines and Lycoming, Continental, Franklin and Gipsy piston engines. Last year Hants & Sussex secured the distributorship of the Allison C250 turboshaft engine, the franchise of which was withdrawn from Rolls- Royce Small Engine Division after the collapse of the Derby firm. Helicopters at Las Vegas A wide range of helicopters and powerplants will be on show when the annual Helicopter Association of America meeting opens at Las Vegas on January 9. In addition to the 212 and JetRanger, Bell will show a model 205A-1 modified for use by the Los Angeles fire department. Euro pean representation will include a Bolkow B6105, demonstrated by Ver- tol, and the Lama, Gazelle and Alouette III which will be shown by Vought. Convention subjects for dis cussion include the use of helicopters in agriculture, law enforcement and forestry. A session will be devoted to the problem of heliport locations. Aviation Honours Mr Peter G. Masefield and Dr A. E. Russell received knighthoods in the New Year's Honours List. Mr Mase field was until recently chairman of the British Airports Authority; Dr Russell retired last year as a director of the British Aircraft Corporation. Colombia Buys HS.748s In a contract valued at over £2-5 million the Colombian airline, Satena, has ordered four Hawker Siddeley 748 transports. Satena is a special element of the Colombian Air Force and is re sponsible for services to areas which are inaccessible to surface transport in the Amazon and Orinoco districts. Sepecats Production of Jaguars is now well under way at the Toulouse-Colomiers plant of Avions Marcel Dassault-Breguet Aviation, and deliveries of the first produc tion aircraft to the French Air Force will begin this spring. The French prototype two- seater £-02 is at present at Boscombe Down for final engine assessment. Britain's second single-seat Jaguar prototype S-07 recently completed its 200th flight. Jaguar development flights in Britain and France now total almost 1,600 S ENSOR The head of Britain's Procurement Executive, Mr Derek Rayner, is expected to spend more money to determine the cost of new aero space projects—more than the 6 per cent suggested by Zuckerman. Another innovation which he be lieves will bring reforms is the personal accountability of his Con trollers for the quality of their decisions. Mr Rayner is not likely to be impressed with arguments that the publication of contract costs will either produce more realistic estimates or impose better cost control on industry. One leading British avionics com pany is arguing that contract costs should be published not only to improve cost-control discipline in industry but also to ensure that the Civil Service decisions are seen to be honest and fair. Senior mili tary executives in one of the two large British airframe groups also now believe that the publishing of contract costs will help to achieve targets and prevent distortions. Swedish defence agencies are de lighted with the Royal Air Force's Bulldog order, which is seen as guaranteeing full support for the aircraft over a long period. The outstanding option for a further 20 Bulldogs is now certain to be taken up and the prospect of fur ther orders for the Swedish Air Force and Army is good. The MKCA flight-development pro gramme is to be directed from and be based mainly at BAC Warton. Headquarters of Britain's new Civil Aviation Authority is to be in Twickenham, Middlesex. Staff will be based in Kingsway, London, until the new offices are ready. There are signs of some reluctance among administrative-grade civil servants in the DoTI to be transferred per manently to the new authority. The British Airports Authority is likely to show an operating profit in the financial year ending March 31, 1972, of nearly £10 million. Traffic growth at the four BAA airports, which is regarded as an index of the national economic situ ation, is showing signs of strong and steady recovery. Results for December, like those of November and October, show rising increases compared with the same months of last year. New HS.1182 cost estimates put the total programme cost, including the procurement of 175 aircraft, at £95 million. This will be higher if the Adour is chosen instead of the Viper, a decision due to be made in January.
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