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1955 - 1026.PDF
138 FLIGHT CIVIL AVIATION.. . . its own name along the routes obtained under the agreement,providing it pays landing, parking and hangar charges; (3) The financial basis of the agreement will be on a "division of revenue"basis and not on a commission basis. This will cover profits derived from both passenger and freight traffic; (4) The right topossess 51 per cent of the shares to be retained by the Ceylon Government, if and when it decides to do so." The proposed service will extend from Tokyo to London viaColombo, with a branch route to Melbourne and Sydney. There will also be a South-East Asian service, originating from Colomboand operating via Calcutta, Rangoon, Bangkok and Singapore. LUGGAGE IN THE CABIN SEVERAL airlines now favour the practice of permitting" passengers to carry with them on to their aircraft luggage which would normally be stowed in baggage holds, therebyreducing both journey time and aircraft turn-round time. As yet, however, comparatively few airliners have the requisite cabinstowage space; Lufthansa's Convair 340s are the first European- operated airliners to feature a "carry-on" luggage bay, and theViscounts for Capital Airlines will be the first British-made air- craft to be so equipped. American Airlines are making use of the space—measuring21in x 13in x 8in—beneath the seats of their DC-6s and 7s. To enable passengers to check whether their baggage will fit intothis space, "carry-on testers" of similar proportions have been installed at all A.A.'s ticket counters. If the bag fits it is markedwith a seal obviating the necessity for future testing. SABENA ,~V -" ^::V APPOINTMENTS A LEADING personality**• in Belgian civil aviation is M. Anselme Vernieuwe,central figure in the recent reorganization of Sabena'scommercial and operations direction. While retaining hiscontrol of operational matters, M. Vernieuwe has also takencharge of the company's com- mercial activities. In his newresponsibilities he will be assisted by M. ValentinPacco, director of sales, and M. Marc Stainier, the newdirector of operations. All three executives flew as pilotson war-time operations with the R.A.F. M. Vernieuwe,who flew Lancasters, joined Sabena after the war and wasinstrumental in inaugurating the company's transatlanticservices. He regularly flies all types of aircraft including the com- pany's S-55s; he was the first licensed helicopter pilot in Belgium. CHANGES AT WOLVERHAMPTON PORMERLY divided between Wolverhampton and Derby, all•*• maintenance, repair and operational activities of the Air Schools Group are now to be centred at Derby. The reorganization willb: completed on August 14th with the closing of the flying school and club at Wolverhampton. The latter airport will in future bemanaged by Don Everall Aviation, Ltd., though Dakotas and Rapides of Derby Aviation, operating scheduled services to Jersey,will continue to call there; other points-on this route are Notting- ham, Derby and Elmdon, Birmingham, where Derby Aviationhave recently opened a new passenger and freight office. NEW SERVICES APPROVEDT HE M.T.C.A. announce Ministerial approval, after considera-tion of the Air Transport Advisory Council's recommenda- tions, of the following scheduled air services: — Air Kruise (Kent) Ltd.—An inclusive tour between Lydd-Hamburg (technical stop)-Copenhagen until September 30th, 1955.Hunting-Clan Air Transport, Ltd.—Inclusive tours between London Airport and Dublin (until August 27th, 1955) and Londonand Bilbao (until September 30th, 1955). Starways, Ltd.—An internal service between Liverpool (Speke)and the Isle of Wight (Bembridge) via London Airport until October 31st, 1961; an inclusive tour between Liverpool (Speke)and Exeter until October 31st, 1955. Transair, Ltd.—Inclusive tours between London (Croydon orGatwick) and Hamburg and London and Basle until September 30th, 1955. M. Anselme Vernieuwe. BREVITIES IN a statement amplifying the recent announcement of Mr.C. O. Turner's appointment as general manager and chief execu- tive of Qantas Empire Airways, Sir Hudson Fysh emphasizes thathe (Sir Hudson) has not retired from full time work for the airline. The rapid growth of the company, he said, made it necessary torthe position of managing director to be dispensed with and the accompanying function of chief executive to be established as aseparate appointment; Sir Hudson will carry on as full-time chairman of the board with appropriate responsibility for policy matters. * * * Kuwait National Airways announce a change of name, effective from July 1st, to Kuwait Airways. ...... -.. , * * * •-•• ••'' ••• : -''•• Propellers approved for use on civil aircraft are listed in Noticesto Licensed Aircraft Engineers and to Owners of Civil Aircrajt, No. 4, issue 17, published by the A.R.B. on July 1st. * * * The seventh T.A.A. Viscount, VH-TVG, will be named William Hovell after a British sea captain who explored Australia in the early part of the nineteenth century. Registrations of the new three T.A.A. Viscounts will be VH-TVH, VI and VJ, but names have not yet been chosen. ; * * * From August 7th the Civil Aviation Flying Unit at Stanstedwill use Doves for all instrument-rating-renewal flight tests. Consuls will continue to be used for initial instrument-rating testsuntil October, when it is expected that these checks will also be carried out with Doves. * * * Occupation of B.O.A.C's new headquarters at London Airportneared completion on July 11th, when Sir Miles Thomas and other senior executives of the Corporation moved there fromAirways House, Brentford. All B.O.A.C.'s London activities, other than city-centre ticket and terminal facilities, are beingconcentrated in the new H.Q., which can house 4,000 employees —nearly a quarter of the Corporation's total world staff. * * * T.W.A. have applied to the Civil Aeronautics Board for anextension of their present routes from Bombay and Colombo to Manila via Bangkok. The airline points out that approval wouldmean additional traffic for the other U.S. flag carriers, since T.W.A. would connect with North West Airlines at Manila (pro-viding, in effect, a round-the-world route) and with Pan American at Bangkok, where passengers would be able to transfer forflights to Tokyo and Hongkong. * * * Some 50,000 passengers were carried on T.C.A. Viscounts inthe three-month period following the introduction of the aircraft to scheduled services on April 1st this year. During that periodthe Canadian Viscounts flew at a passenger load factor of 81.5 per cent, compared with 72.6 per cent on all other T.C.A. flights.On the Toronto to New York route the number of Viscount passengers during the period was 30,378—a 32.6 per cent increaseover the number carried in the corresponding quarter of 1954. Pictured at Black- bushe, by the steps of his Viking, VK500, is King Hussein of Jordan; the King is, in- c'.dentally, a quali- fied pilot. With him are (left) Col. J. Dalgleish and (centre) Mr.P.C.F. Morgan, manag- ing director of Eagle Aircraft Ser- vices, Ltd. The Royal Viking was supplied to the Arab Legion Air Force by E.A.S, who maintain the air- craft on its visits to this country.
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