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Silver City Airways
Silver City Airways was a private, British independent〔independent from government-owned corporations〕 airline formed in 1946. The name ''Silver City'' was derived from the eponymous Australian mining town at Broken Hill, where ''The Zinc Corporation'' was headquartered. Silver City's first commercial flight departed London Heathrow for Sydney via Johannesburg in late 1946. The following year, Silver City leased its first Bristol Freighter, moved its base to Blackbushe and participated in the airlift of Hindu and Muslim refugees between Pakistan and India.〔''Aircraft (Gone but not forgotten ... SILVER CITY)'', Vol 43, No 3, p. 41, Ian Allan Publishing, Hersham, January 2010〕〔(''English-Australian charter'', Civil Aviation News, Flight International, 19 December 1946, p. 683 )〕〔(''Silver City Airways'' — The Company: Why 'Silver City'? )〕 In 1948, control of Silver City passed from the Zinc Corporation to British Aviation Services.〔〔(From all quarters, ''Another air-sea merger'', From all quarters, Flight International, 19 February 1954, p. 158 )〕 In July of that year, the airline inaugurated the world's first air ferry service across the English Channel between Lympne Airport and Le Touquet Airport.〔''Aircraft (Gone but not forgotten ... SILVER CITY)'', Vol 43, No 3, p. 42, Ian Allan Publishing, Hersham, January 2010〕 In 1948–49, Silver City participated in the Berlin Airlift.〔(''Silver City Airways'' — The Company: Aid to Berlin )〕 In 1949, it established a French sister airline.〔(''Silver City Airways'' — The Company: The End of the Adventure )〕
In 1953, Silver City took delivery of its first Bristol Superfreighter.〔''Aircraft (Gone but not forgotten ... SILVER CITY)'', Vol 43, No 3, pp. 43/4, Ian Allan Publishing, Hersham, January 2010〕〔(''Silver City Airways'' — The Company: The Superfreighter Arrives )〕 The following year, the company moved to a new permanent home at Lydd ''Ferryfield'', Britain's first newly constructed post-war airport.〔〔(''Duke of Edinburgh with Silver City — First Visit to a British Private Airline'', Flight International, 13 April 1956, p. 409 )〕〔''High Risk: The Politics of the Air'', Thomson, A., Sidgwick and Jackson, London, 1990, p. 74〕〔''Aircraft (Gone but not forgotten ... SILVER CITY)'', Vol 43, No 3, pp. 40, 42/3, Ian Allan Publishing, Hersham, January 2010〕〔(''Silver City Airways'' — The Company: A New Home )〕 The same year, Silver City Airways came under the control of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company (P&O).〔〔〔''Fly me, I'm Freddie!'', Eglin, R. and Ritchie, B., Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London, 1980, p. 75〕〔(''A Bigger British United'', Air Commerce, Flight International, 1 February 1962, p. 158 )〕〔(''A Bigger British United'', Air Commerce ..., Flight International, 1 February 1962, p. 159 )〕 By the mid-1950s, Silver City had become the biggest air cargo carrier in the United Kingdom while annual passenger numbers at its "Ferryfield" base had reached ¼ of a million. During that time, the airline also inaugurated air ferry services between Scotland and Ireland and from/to the Midlands.〔〔〔〔〔〔〔(''News Report — Government blocks plans'', South East Business, May 2010, p. 13 )〕 This period also saw the launch of ''Silver Arrow'', a London—Paris coach-air-coach/rail service, with the cross-Channel air portion operating between Lydd and Le Touquet.〔 In 1957, Silver City accomplished its one-millionth Channel crossing.〔 In summer 1958, Silver City's "Ferryfield" base recorded more aircraft movements than any other UK airport.〔''Aircraft (Gone but not forgotten ... SILVER CITY)'', Vol 43, No 3, pp. 40, 42 Ian Allan Publishing, Hersham, January 2010〕 That year, also marked the conclusion of Silver City's first decade of air ferry operations during which the airline operated more than 100,000 flights carrying over 200,000 vehicles and ¾ of a million passengers, with peak-day frequency exceeding 200.〔〔''Aircraft (Gone but not forgotten ... SILVER CITY)'', Vol 43, No 3, p. 40, Ian Allan Publishing, Hersham, January 2010〕 In 1959, Silver City took over sister airline Britavia's Handley Page Hermes fleet and Manston base. That year, the airline also began oil industry support flights in Libya.〔〔''Aeroplane — Matters of moment: B.U.A. Link with Silver City'', Vol. 102, No. 2623, p. 8, Temple Press, London, 25 January 1962〕〔''Aircraft (Gone but not forgotten ... SILVER CITY)'', Vol 43, No 3, pp. 42/3, Ian Allan Publishing, Hersham, January 2010〕〔''Aircraft (Gone but not forgotten ... SILVER CITY)'', Vol 43, No 3, p. 44, Ian Allan Publishing, Hersham, January 2010〕
By 1960, Silver City's 40,000 annual cross-Channel flights transported 220,000 passengers and 90,000 vehicles while network-wide freight haulage reached 135,000 tons a year.〔 The following summer, the airline reached agreement with a French rival to co-finance construction of a branch line linking Le Touquet Airport with the nearby main railway line to reduce surface travelling time from/to Paris.〔〔''Aircraft (Gone but not forgotten ... SILVER CITY)'', Vol 43, No 3, pp. 40/1, Ian Allan Publishing, Hersham, January 2010〕 Unsustainable losses as a result of the loss of the Libyan oil industry support flight contract, increasing competition from roll-on/roll-off ferries and the lack of suitable replacements for the ageing Bristol Freighters resulted in growing financial difficulties, culminating in Silver City's takeover by British United Airways (BUA) holding company Air Holdings in 1962.〔〔(''The ATL-98 Carvair: A Comprehensive History of the Aircraft and All 21 Airframes — 1: Corporate History - Channel Air Bridge'', Dean, W.P. and O'Callaghan, M., McFarland & Co., Jefferson, N.C., USA, 2008, pp. 19, 35 )〕〔〔''Aircraft (Gone but not forgotten ... SILVER CITY)'', Vol 43, No 3, pp. 40, 44, Ian Allan Publishing, Hersham, January 2010〕
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