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CIVIL AVIATIONL.A.C. BUYS SKYWAYSA N agreem ent by whic h Lanca sh ire Airc ra f t Corp ora t ion , L td . ,fc take over Skyways , L td . , was expec ted to be comple ted th isweek . By th is a rran gem ent Lan cash ire Airc ra f t wi l l take over a l lSkyways ' 5s Ord inary sha res . Brig -Gen . A. C. Cri tch ley remainson the boa rd , bu t the o the r d irec to rs res ign . Lanc ash ire d irec to rsDavid Brown (cha irman , who jo ined the Lancash ire board la s ts u m me r ) ; J . E . R y la n d s (ma n a g in g d i re c to r ) ; a n d S i r W a v e l lWakefie ld (con trac t manager) , become d irec to rs o f Skyways .The fu ture po l icy fo r the company has s t i l l to be dec ided , bu ti ts p r inc ipa l w ork of main tenance a t S tansted* wil l con t inue .Only two a irc ra f tboth withou t C. o f A.are concerned in thedea l , namely , a York and a Lancas tr ian , the DC-3S which wereprev ious ly opera ted by Skyways in the Midd le Eas t hav ing beenso ld to Gulf Av ia t ion some l i t t le t im e ago . Skyways ' S tans ted base ,which was t rans fe rred from Dunsfo ld (now used by the HawkerSidde ley Group) is we l l equ ipped fo r the overhau l o f Yorks and ,as these a i rc ra f t fo rm an imp ortan t pa r t o f the Lanca sh ire f lee t,one purpose o f the purchase becomes apparen t .Approx imate ly 20 pe r cen t o f the sha res o f Morton Air Se rv iceswere he ld by Skyways , and these a re now taken over by theLanc ash ire Airc ra f t Corpora t io n .T he L .A .C. is a t p resen t opera t ing a Blackpool - Is le of M anserv ice four t imes a week in as soc ia t ion with B.E.A.A QUARTER FLEWA T O T A L o f 1,775,000 passengers f lew to o r f rom the U nit edKingdom in 1951 , an inc rease o f 24 pe r cen t compared withthe p rev ious yea r . T he 1951 figure represen ts 25 pe r cen t o f a l lt rave l le rs to and from the U.K. , a l though in the la s t th ree monthsof the yea r 32 pe r cen t o f a l l journeys to o r f rom the cou ntry weremade by a i r passengers .During the yea r 873 ,000 a ir passengers a rr ived in the U.K. and902 ,000 departed , compared with 710 ,000 and 723 ,000 respec t ive lyin 1950. Air traffic on the continental routes showed the greatestincrease, ris ing by 30 per cen t to 1,054,000.Tota l passenger journeys , sea and a ir , during 1951 were7,099,000, a 12 per cent increase over 1950 or 35 per cent increaseever 1938 . Sea journeys were up 8 pe r cen t compar ed with 1950and for the first tim e s ince the war exceeded the 1938 level. T h efigures have been announced by the Board of Trade .BURMESE MARATHONSAN o rd e r fo r th re e Ma ra th o n s h a s b e e n pla c e d w i th H a n d le y Page (Read ing) , L t d . , by U nion of Bu rm a Airways fo rde l ive ry la te r th is yea r . T he a i rc ra f t wi l l have accomm odat ion fo r

18 passengers and they will have increased fuel tankage witha total capacity of 410 gallons, giving a range of 1,400 miles .Union of Burma Airways is a t present flying domestic servicesand an in te rna t iona l se rv ice from Rangoon to Bangkok , main lywith DC-3S, bu t i t i s reported tha t the Mara thons wil l be used onse rv ices to Ind ia and Malaya as we l l a s on the rou te to Tha i land .A stewardess will be carried on the Marathon flights and mealswill be served from the small buffet.The Mara thon has a l ready been in scheduled se rv ice with Wes tAfr ican Airways and during a demons tra t ion tour o f Aus tra l ia andNew Zea land some scheduled passenger and fre igh t se rv ices wereopera ted with th is type on beha lf o f Qantas Empire Airways inN e w G u in e a a n d in N e w Z e a la n d fo r N . Z . N . A . C .K.L.M.'s LOSSIT is with regre t tha t we have to record the loss o f two K .L .M .a i rcra f t d u r in g l as t w e e k -e n d . O n S a tu rd a y th e D C -6 P H -T P J ,Koningin Juliana, on a f l igh t f rom Johannesburg to Amste rdamcrashed and caught f i re whi le making an ins t rument approach toFrankfu rt Rhin e-M ain Airport . Forty -f our o f the 37 passengersand 10 c rew los t the ir l ives . On S unday the Cons te l la t ionP H - T F F , Venlo, was burnt out at Bangkok on a flight fromAm ste rdam to Sydney . In th is case the a i rc ra f t i s reported to havecaught f i re in the a i r and to have made a c rash land in g . Passengersa n d c re w w e re u n h u r t .PROGRESS IN INDONESIAAV IA T I O N in th e U n i t e d S ta t e s of In d o n e s ia s e e ms a s su re d o f" a good futur e. T h e large nu m be r of is lands scatter ed overa vas t a rea make a ir t ranspor t e s sen t ia l . K .N . I .L .M . , the EastInd ies o ffshoot o f K.L.M. , deve loped the f i rs t a i r t ransport in thea rea over a num ber o f yea rs be fore the wa r and , a f ter the l ibe ra t ionfrom Japanese occupa t ion , K. L .M . re -opened essen t ia l se rv icesun t i l the fo rmat ion of Garuda Indones ian Airways in Dec . 1949 .This Indones ian company , whose opera t ions a re managed byK.L.M. , opera tes an ex tens ive ne twork with in the is lands and toSingapore and Man ila . T he presen t f leet cons is ts o f 10 DouglasC-47AS converted by Canadair to seat 21 passengers , 12 C-47ASused fo r f re igh t o r hav ing accommodat ion fo r 27 passengers , four13-passenger Conva ir PBY-5A amphib ians and e igh t Conva ir-Liners ; and , a s recorded in Flight las t week, an order has just beenplaced fo r 14 de Havi l land Herons .

Unfortuna te ly the lack of t ra ined pe rsonne l is a severe handicapto the rap id expans ion of av ia t ion in Indones ia , bu t I .C.A.O. hassen t a miss ion to Djakarta to as sis t in t ra in ing Indones ia n na t iona lsin a i r- t ra ff ic con tro l , rad io and mete ro log ica l work , ae rodromecons truc tion and aviation engineer ing. It is a lso hop ed to s tart an

INDONESIAN AIRLINES : The routes of Garuda Indonesian Airways referred to above. Air Ceylon, &.O.A.C., K.L.M. and Q.E.A. also serve Djakarta.