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FLIGHT International, 14 lane 1971 November 12, 1970, page 735—where it was recorded that the company paid a dividend of 6 per cent in 1967 and 1968 and 7:2 per cent in 1969, with pre-tax earnings run ning at 3-2 per cent on capital in 1967, 0-15 per cent in 1968 and 0-22 per cent in 1969.1 UTA is entirely privately r. owned and financed. I This year the company, like other international carriers, faces difficult conditions, including competition from charter carriers. The route network has been extended in ] Africa, with the addition for example of Accra, Port Etienne and Lusaka. Flights to the Far East, Australia I and the Pacific have been improved, and it is planned to i increase capacity on a number of routes which are served n only once or twice a week at present. Realisation of this ! depends however on economic conditions and the develop ment of tourism in the area. A subsidiary of Chargeurs Reunis has been formed to develop hotels along the UTA ? routes, and the airline itself already operates two large 'f hotels in Papeete and Noumea. 947 continued from page 919 last minute are to be avoided unless absolutely necessary, and likewise clearance to a shortened approach in calm con ditions, which can certainly produce piloting problems. The dangers during approach arise most of all from a mixture of bad weather, poor aids, language difficulty and traffic density high enough to cause risk of collision. This hotch potch still exists at many airports, especially those where, for a proportion of the traffic, the national tongue is used in preference to Icao English. Add some nasty high ground and you have a mental picture of you-know-where. I wish someone could explain why we still have to use an NDB as the main holding aid at Ongar and Epsom. Surely the budget can run to VOR-DME. London is very much better served for aids than, say, Prestwick, where the ILS on 31 still trips off the air too often, and the radar is of limited serviceability and use. But politics have intruded into the investment of capital for many years past, and we all understand the limitations of a limited budget. As ever, an imperfect world—but the most significant improvement in flight safety will in my opinion be achieved by a training programme to uncover and organise the spare time that goes wasted on the average flight deck as a result of non-essential activity. Balance this against lack of time for essential lookout and monitoring. MAINLINER CHANNEL TRUNKS AN application for Channel Airways to operate British domestic trunk services has been approved by the Air Transport Licensing Board in respect of the route Stansted- Glasgow. Further applications by the airlines for routes to to Belfast, Edinburgh and Newcastle were rejected. Glas gow will now be served from three airports in the London area—Heathrow (by BEA), Gatwick (by Caledonian/BUA) and Stansted. The ATLB said that, while Stansted would draw some trunk traffic from London, the airport could also be regarded as compensation for the absense of any major airport directly serving East Anglia. The ATLB took the step of adding a proviso to the Channel licence causing it to expire automatically if the airline fails to operate at least 20 flights a month in each direction on the route. If operations fall below the minimum in any month, the licence will expire at the end of the year. World Airways has appointed Mr Christopher Smart as assistant vice-president in Europe. Wick Terminal A new £20,000 passenger terminal has been opened at Wick Airport in the north-east of Scotland. Donaldson International Airways has appointed Capt H. Watkins as Boeing 707 fleet captain. Cambrian Airways has appointed Mr C. G. Saunders as assistant managing director. Channel Airways has appointed its operations manager and chief pilot, Capt Peter Lockwood, to the board of directors of the airline. Aeroflot expects to carry 79 million passengers this year, which, if achieved, will be an increase of 10-1 per cent on 1970. The airline carried 71 million passengers last year, according to Tass, the official Soviet news agency (other sources, possibly quoting an earlier, preliminary, figure, give 74-1 million for 1970).
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