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- Silver_City_Airways abstract "Silver City Airways was a private, British independent 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. In 1948, control of Silver City passed from the Zinc Corporation to British Aviation Services. 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. In 1948–49, Silver City participated in the Berlin Airlift. In 1949, it established a French sister airline.In 1953, Silver City took delivery of its first Bristol Superfreighter. The following year, the company moved to a new permanent home at Lydd Ferryfield, Britain's first newly constructed post-war airport. The same year, Silver City Airways came under the control of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company (P&O). 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. This period also saw the launch of 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. 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. 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.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. 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.".
- Silver_City_Airways destination British_Isles.
- Silver_City_Airways destination Europe.
- Silver_City_Airways headquarter Central_London.
- Silver_City_Airways iataAirlineCode "SS".
- Silver_City_Airways industry Aviation.
- Silver_City_Airways targetAirport Benina_International_Airport.
- Silver_City_Airways targetAirport Blackbushe_Airport.
- Silver_City_Airways targetAirport Blackpool_International_Airport.
- Silver_City_Airways targetAirport Bournemouth_Airport.
- Silver_City_Airways targetAirport Gatwick_Airport.
- Silver_City_Airways targetAirport Guernsey_Airport.
- Silver_City_Airways targetAirport Isle_of_Man_Airport.
- Silver_City_Airways targetAirport Jersey_Airport.
- Silver_City_Airways targetAirport Langley,_Berkshire.
- Silver_City_Airways targetAirport Le_Touquet_%E2%80%93_C%C3%B4te_d'Opale_Airport.
- Silver_City_Airways targetAirport London_Southend_Airport.
- Silver_City_Airways targetAirport Lydd_Airport.
- Silver_City_Airways targetAirport Lympne_Airport.
- Silver_City_Airways targetAirport Manchester_Airport.
- Silver_City_Airways targetAirport Manston_Airport.
- Silver_City_Airways targetAirport Newcastle_Airport.
- Silver_City_Airways targetAirport RAF_West_Malling.
- Silver_City_Airways targetAirport Southampton_Airport.
- Silver_City_Airways targetAirport Tripoli_International_Airport.
- Silver_City_Airways thumbnail Bundesarchiv_B_145_Bild-F001297-0011,_Berlin,_Flughafen_Tempelhof.jpg?width=300.
- Silver_City_Airways wikiPageExternalLink www.aircraftmagazine.co.uk.
- Silver_City_Airways wikiPageExternalLink 1950%20-%200849.html.
- Silver_City_Airways wikiPageExternalLink British-World-Airlines-Ltd-Company-History.html.
- Silver_City_Airways wikiPageExternalLink www.mcfarlandpub.com.
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- Silver_City_Airways wikiPageID "55687".
- Silver_City_Airways wikiPageRevisionID "593050608".
- Silver_City_Airways affiliatedCompanies "Air Kruise,".
- Silver_City_Airways affiliatedCompanies "Aquila Airways,".
- Silver_City_Airways affiliatedCompanies "Britavia".
- Silver_City_Airways affiliatedCompanies "Silver City Airways ,".
- Silver_City_Airways affiliatedCompanies "Société Commerciale Aérienne du Littoral".
- Silver_City_Airways airline "Silver City Airways".
- Silver_City_Airways bases Benina_International_Airport.
- Silver_City_Airways bases Blackbushe_Airport.
- Silver_City_Airways bases Blackpool_International_Airport.
- Silver_City_Airways bases Bournemouth_Airport.
- Silver_City_Airways bases Gatwick_Airport.
- Silver_City_Airways bases Guernsey_Airport.
- Silver_City_Airways bases Isle_of_Man_Airport.
- Silver_City_Airways bases Jersey_Airport.
- Silver_City_Airways bases Langley,_Berkshire.
- Silver_City_Airways bases Le_Touquet_-_Côte_d'Opale_Airport.
- Silver_City_Airways bases London_Southend_Airport.
- Silver_City_Airways bases Lydd_Airport.
- Silver_City_Airways bases Lympne_Airport.
- Silver_City_Airways bases Manchester_Airport.
- Silver_City_Airways bases Manston_Airport.
- Silver_City_Airways bases Newcastle_Airport.
- Silver_City_Airways bases RAF_West_Malling.
- Silver_City_Airways bases Southampton_Airport.
- Silver_City_Airways bases Tripoli_International_Airport.
- Silver_City_Airways ceased "1962".
- Silver_City_Airways destinations "non-scheduled: worldwide".
- Silver_City_Airways destinations "scheduled: British Isles, Europe".
- Silver_City_Airways fleetSize "31".
- Silver_City_Airways founded "1946".
- Silver_City_Airways hasPhotoCollection Silver_City_Airways.
- Silver_City_Airways headquarters Central_London.
- Silver_City_Airways iata "SS".
- Silver_City_Airways keyPeople Hugh_Kennard.
- Silver_City_Airways keyPeople "Air Cdre Griffith J. Powell".
- Silver_City_Airways keyPeople "Eoin C. Mekie,".
- Silver_City_Airways subject Category:1946_establishments_in_the_United_Kingdom.
- Silver_City_Airways subject Category:Airlines_disestablished_in_1962.
- Silver_City_Airways subject Category:Airlines_established_in_1946.
- Silver_City_Airways subject Category:Defunct_airlines_of_the_United_Kingdom.
- Silver_City_Airways subject Category:Silver_City_Airways.
- Silver_City_Airways type Abstraction100002137.
- Silver_City_Airways type Airline102690081.
- Silver_City_Airways type AirlinesDisestablishedIn1962.
- Silver_City_Airways type AirlinesEstablishedIn1946.
- Silver_City_Airways type Business108061042.
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- Silver_City_Airways type DefunctAirlinesOfTheUnitedKingdom.
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- Silver_City_Airways type YagoLegalActor.
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- Silver_City_Airways type Agent.
- Silver_City_Airways type Airline.
- Silver_City_Airways type Company.
- Silver_City_Airways type Organisation.
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- Silver_City_Airways comment "Silver City Airways was a private, British independent 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.".
- Silver_City_Airways label "Silver City Airways".
- Silver_City_Airways sameAs m.0fghr.