Concorde
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link with Russia
Mr R. D. H. ("Roddy") Wilson has arrived in Australia to take up his ap pointment as BOAC's new manager for South-West Pacific. He will be based in Sydney.
He replaces Mr Sidney Hildrew who has returned to London to take over the position of business travel manager at
BOAC's headquarters.
Mr Wilson has been BOAC's manager for the Gulf Area in Bahrain for the past five years. He joined BOAC in 1953 and has since served in London, Cairo, Nigeria and Calcutta.
A commercial agreement with Kussia this spring which could make possible a supersonic route across Russia to the Far East was envisaged by David Nicolson, chairman of the British Airways Board.
Mr Nicolson said that the agree ment, linking the Concorde and its Soviet counterpart, the TU 144, would give Britain and Russia a world lead.
I believe Japan and Air France T n u° me into the P° ol and w e snail have a supersonic route across he world,” he said. “I anticipate at mis time not more than a 15 per cent surcharge on first-class fares so 1 ver y optimistic about Concorde.”