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Appreciation of Traffic Possibilities for Hong Kong Airport.
In the years preceding the outbreak of war Kai Tak Airfield with
a maximum landing length of 1200 yards and poor approaches ned as its
users the following scheduled airlines:-
Imperial Airways Ltd.
Air France
D-H 86 aircraft
Devoitine
China National Aviation Corporation
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Eurasia Corporation
Pan American Airways
JU 52
Boeing Flying Boats.
In 1941 (11 months) 14000 passengers and 5000 tons of freight and mail were carried. Conditions were exceptional as the hinterland was occupied by forces hostile to China who had severed communication by land. Now in more normal times that figure for passengers is rapidly being approached.
Since the end of hostilities two companies have begun operations and from July 1st scheduled departures are:-
9 per week, C.N.A.C.
C46 and C47
To Canton, Shanghai, Amoy Foochow and Haihow
To Canton and Shanghai
3 per week, C.A.T.C. C46 and C47
The average monthly traffic roturns for the first 6 months of 1946 are passengers arriving 453, passengers departing 414, freight and mail in 14,000 lbs., freight and mail out 4,703 lbs. Except for a fow flights C.A.T.C. did not being operating until ist July and the above traffic was in fact carried by one company. In the past month 1199 passengers were carried. For the four months March, April, May and June Transport Command have carried 3988 passengers inward and 2526 passengers outward a large proportion being civil passengers. These would be prospective traffic for commercial air lines if service transport were not available. C.A.T.C. have recently purchased 150 two engined transports and among the ir development plans include Hong Kong on routes to Peiping, Manila and Batevia. C.N.A.C. have purchased six C54 aircraft and have enquired whether these can be based at Hong Kong during the coming winter in view of the poor facilities at Shanghai.
Of the available land for ground services at Kai Tak the R.A.F. occupies 110 acres, the Royal Navy 52 acres while civil aviation has only
805 33 acres some of which must be protected by a new and expensive/wall if permanent use is to be made of it. The Far East Aviation Co., Ltd., wishes to reopen its flying school and it can be foreseen that Kai Tak will be much congested. Kai Tak airfield does not conform to civil standards for any aircraft and should not be licenced for commercial use, if the Colony is to have civil landplanes at all it would seem essential to build a new airport.
In addition to the above the following companies have sought permission to use Hong Kong airport for services as stated:-
British Overseas Airways Hythe flying
Corporation
boats
Australia National
C54
Airways
scheduleu to United Kingdom, once weekly rising to 3 weedy and extending to Shanghai and Tokyo.
scheduled, extension of Australia – Philippine serbe.
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