Miles Ahead-On Scheduled Routes
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In terms of scheduled route net works, BOAC now leads the world.
Its routes cover more unduplicated route miles than any other airline.
Figures published by lATA for 1971 in World Air Transport Statistics show BOAC flying 320,700 undupli cated route miles while PanAm, our closest rivals, cover 320,046 miles.
Previous figures gave PanAm a lead over BOAC. Both airlines sub sequently cut out certain less pro fitable services.
Pan Am’s network reduced suf ficiently to allow BOAC to edge into first place. Before the pruning, Pan Am flew 406,707 route miles against BOAC’s 338,645 route miles.
In terms of production, BOAC’s
2,230 capacity ton-miles was the big gest of the non-US carriers and eighth out of the world’s scheduled airlines.
BOAC ranked 25th in terms of passengers carried on scheduled ser vices. Our total passengers numbered 1.9 million.
Last year we sold 72 of the aver age 141 seats available per flight, an increase of nearly eight per cent over the previous year.
Each passenger travelled an average of 3,367 miles and BOAC’s fleet flew 55,108 sectors on 21,827 scheduled services. a modern, growing city—is the world of yesterday, one that few modern day explorers have even begun to really discover.