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Supplement 18 WORLD AIRLINES son) Ltd, Industrial Commercial and Finance Corporation, Lyle Shipping, Hogarth Shipping, Great Universal Stores, Scottish Air International, National Commercial Bank and Schroeder's Bank. Head Office: Gatwick Airport, Horley, Surrey, England. Executives: Chairman/managing direc tor, Adam Thomson; deputy managing directors: M. A. Guinane; John de la Haye; Frank Hope; directors: sales, J. M. Ritchie; commercial, E. F. Bates; engineering, W. A. Richardson; opera tions, J. R. Sidebotham; R & D, A. T. Pugh; flight operations, Capt S. A. Cal- der; special projects, D. H. Walter; finance, T. Boud; executive directors: external affairs, H. C. Brilliant; customer services, L. J. Crosbie; industrial rela tions, R. Dobson; joint company secre tary, D. A. Beety. Employees: 5,300. Fleet: Eight Boeing 707-320C, four VC10, 13 One-Eleven 500, seven One-Eleven 200. 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 major cities of Europe plus points in the Middle East. More than one-third of BEA's effort goes into UK domestic operations. Almost all international services are operated under commercial agreements with European carriers. Main base is at Heathrow Airport, London. Following a radical reorganisation in March 1971, the BEA group now con sists of ten separate operating units as follows: BEA Mainline; BEA Super One-Eleven Division; Scottish Airways Divi sion; Channel Islands Airways Division; British Air Services Ltd; BEA Travel Sales Division; BEA Cargo Division; BEA Airtours Ltd; BEA Helicopters Ltd; and Sovereign Group Hotels Ltd. Head Office: Bealine House, Ruislip, Middlesex, England. Executives: Chairman and chief execu tive, H. E. Marking; managing director, BEA Mainline, and deputy chief execu tive, K. Wilkinson; executive board members: Capt J. W. G. James (Super One-Eleven Division, Cargo Division, BEA Helicopters); P. C. F. Lawton (Travel Sales Division, BEA Airtours); C. A. Herring (British Air Services, Scot tish Airways Division, Channel Islands Airways Division); chief engineer, J. Garton; group financal director, R. Spencer; secretary and solicitor, M.J. Lester; group public relations director, W. Simpson; group personnel director, Ron Leach; director, Travel Sales Divi sion, G. Draper; director, Cargo Divi sion, J. Goy; director, Super One-Eleven Division, R. Watts; director, Channel Islands Airways Division, I. Scott-Hill; director, Scottish Airways Division, Robert McKean; corporate planning director, E. Pell; group management services director, B. Brough. Employees: 24,868. Fleet: 19 Trident 1C, 17 Trident 2E, 16 Trident 3B, 18 One-Eleven 510, 13 Vanguard, five Merchantman, 20 Vis count 800, two Heron. On order: 10 Trident 3B, four Merchantman (cargo conversions of Vanguard). British Island Airways Ltd (BIA) was known until July 1970 as British United Island Airways, following a reconstruc tion of certain BUA group companies in October 1968. BUIA was not included in the sale of BUA to Caledonian Air ways in 1970, and as BIA remains a member of the British & Commonwealth Group. Engineering and traffic bases are maintained by BIA and its subsidiaries at Southampton and Blackpool, and traffic stations at Gatwick, Jersey, Guern sey, Exeter and the Isle of Man. A net work of short-haul passenger and cargo scheduled services are operated linking London, the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man, Southampton, Exeter, Dublin, Belfast, Blackpool, Manchester, Glas gow, Edinburgh, Paris, Antwerp, Hanover and Dusseldorf. The company also undertakes ad hoc charter and con tract services. Head Office: Congreve House, 86 Station Road, Redhill, Surrey, England. Executives: Chairman, Hon Anthony Cayzer; managing director, L. B. Elwin; directors: J. A. Thomson, A. E. Lemon, N. Mountain, A. E. Bristow, A. F. Nickalls, Major J. R. C. Riley; company secretary, G. A. Adkin; commercial manager, R. J. Wyles; operations man ager, Capt S. G, Allen; engineering manager, E. Smith; planning manager, G. Eaton; chief accountant, P. Villa. Employees: 600. Fleet: Eight Herald, three DC-3. British Midland Airways Ltd was origi nally formed in 1947, and traded as Derby Airways until 1964. Scheduled services are operated principally from the company's base at East Midlands Airport to Glasgow, Belfast, Dublin and the Channel Islands. Inclusive-tour operations and long-haul group charters now form a substantial part of the com pany's business. Major shareholder is the Minster Assets banking and insur ance group. Head Office: East Midlands Airport, Derby, England. Executives: Chairman, J. H. Hodgson; financial director, H. J. T. Free, manag ing director, M. D. Bishop. Employees: 600. Fleet: Two Boeing 707-321, two One- Eleven 500, seven Viscount 800. British Overseas Air Charter Ltd was formed in May 1971 to expand BOAC's charter and inclusive-tour operations on the North Atlantic, to the Far East and South East Asia, Operations began in September 1971 with low-fare flights to Singapore and Malaysia. Seven Boeing 707-436s, specially modified to carry 174 FLIGHT International, 18 May 1972 passengers instead of the normal 162, are chartered from BOAC as and when required. An application for a US foreign carrier permit was pending early in 1972. Head Office: Speedbird House, Heath row Airport, Hounslow, Middlesex, England. Executives: Chairman, Basil Bamp-fylde; general manager, Trevor Glover; director, Capt W. Baillie. Fleet: see British Overseas Airways Corporation. British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) was established as a corpora tion in 1939 to acquire and merge the undertakings 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 wartime air ser vices. Revenue operations began on April 1, 1946, and the airline was respon sible 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 introduced the world's first commercial jet services with the Comet 1; the Comet 4 was introduced in 1958. BOAC's operations have steadily expanded until today's route network is one of the world's largest, linking Britain with every continent. 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 began in 1970. Associated (through BOAC Associated Companies Ltd) are various world-wide BEA is the largest customer for Tridents. The Viscount, bottom, is one of seven belonging to British Midland BTVtA :.'•,. " ' '
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