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1973
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FLIGHT International. 8 November 1973 AIR ANGLIA EXPANSION A THIRD F.27 is to be bought by the Norwich-based British scheduled-service and charter carrier, Air Anglia. The number of passengers carried this year is expected to reach 82,000, as opposed to 54,700 last year, when the air line generated some 8-25 million passenger-miles. Of the 61,000 passengers carried from January to September this year, more than 42,000 flew on Air Anglia's scheduled ser vices to Amsterdam, Newcastle, Teesside, Aberdeen and the Channel Islands. The fastest growing routes have been those to Amster dam, where traffic is 106 per cent up on that for last year, and to Aberdeen, where traffic has increased by 133 per cent. The load factor on the Norwich-Amsterdam route has averaged 61-5 per cent so far this year. From April 1, 1974, Leeds, Edinburgh and Stavanger will be served. In addition to F.27s, Air Anglia operates two DC-3s and an Islander. CHARTER LOUNGES ARRIVE THE US supplemental Trans International has introduced three bar and lounge areas on its three DC-lOs when they are fitted out in all-first-class configuration. On such flights seating is reduced to 312 instead of the 345 economy-class capacity of the aircraft. The bars and lounges are for use on incentive-travel programmes. TIA has become in creasingly active in this area and in 1973 will carry 37,000 passengers on such flights. The airline already has an all-first-class DC-8 in service, seating 140 instead of 254 passengers. PIA TWIN-JETS PAKISTAN INTERNATIONAL is to lease one or two twin- jets to replace F.27s used on routes to Gilgit, Skardu and Chitral, in the north of Pakistan. The airline has asked manufacturers and operators of the F.28, One-Eleven, DC-9 and 737 to tender for wet-lease charter operations from Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan. Initially, the contractors would provide flight-deck crews and full maintenance sup port. Subsequently PIA hopes to use its own flight crews. NASA STOL/NOISE WORK A GENERAL ELECTRIC TF34 turbofan is to undergo noise and performance tests with a noise-absorbent cowl at the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration Lewis facility. The object of the tests is to aid the design of quiet but aerodynamically efficient nacelles for future short-haul Stol airliners. Lockheed Georgia has been awarded a Nasa Ames con tract to investigate aerodynamic and acoustic characteris tics of small-scale models of hybrid propulsive-lift aircraft using internally blown flaps combined with upper-surface wing blowing and above-the-wing engines. Work on the Nasa Langley aircraft-noise-reduction laboratory is about 70 per cent complete. It is due to be opened next February. The last British Airways Comet made its final approach and landing on October 31. Behind it on the Gatwick apron is one of its successors, an ex-Overseas Division Hoeing 707-420 773 Cargolux's DC-8-61 was delivered to the airline's Luxembourg base ot the end of last month. (See news story below) CARGOLUX GOES JET THE Luxembourg cargo airline, Cargolux, has added a DC-8-61F to its fleet of two CL-44Ds and three CL-44Js. The aircraft, formerly operated by Loftleidir, will be used primarily on services to the Far East. In 1972 the airline carried 7,682 tons through Luxembourg, over two-thirds of the total cargo handled by the airport. Traffic this year is expected to reach over 20,500 tons. Cargolux is owned jointly by the Luxembourg flag-carrier Luxair, Loftleidir Icelandic Airlines and the Swedish Salen Shipping Com pany, each of which holds 33-3 per cent. The bulk of Cargolux's services are to Africa and to the Far East. The European Common Market, through the European Investment Banks, has agreed to lend more than$10 million to the Turkish Government to help finance the purchase of five Fokker F.28s by THY Turkish Airlines. The F.28s are replacing F.27s on domestic routes. The EIB loan, at an interest rate of 2-5 per cent a year over 30 years, is part of a trade-and-aid programme operated by the Common Market for Turkey which has an association agreement with the Community. Graphite-epoxy composite spoilers on a Pacific Southwest Airlines 737 have accumulated about 500 flight hours. Seven additional sets of four spoilers each are also in service with 737s of PSA, Aloha NZNAC and Lufthansa. The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration Langley Research Centre, which is sponsor ing the programme, is to study the integrity of the com posite structures over a five-year service period. Pan Am general manager Mr James O. Leet has been appointed executive vice-president /general manager of Pan American, assuming responsibility for the marketing and operational functions of the airline. Since 1970 Mr Leet has been vice-president marketing. He served most of his early career with Pan Am in London from 1947 to 1958. He later became vice-president of Aer Lingus in North America and then president of Northeast Airlines. Last Comet Tango The last BEA Airtours Comet flight (from Paris LeBourget to London Gatwick) took place on October 31. Since Comets entered service with the airline in 1970 they have carried about 2 million passengers. Up until that time they had carried 7 million passengers and flown 110 million miles with BEA. Wide body versus 727 A survey conducted for Boeing suggests that the US; public are as attracted to flying in a 727 with a wide-body'look interior as they are to flying in a wide-body trijet. Passengers also expressed a preference for the 747 on long-haul routes but the basis for their reasoning does not always appear to have been sound. The last MEA Comet has been sold to Dan-Air and has been flown to Britain.
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