[BITList] BOAC Comet

[John Feltham]

From another List. It made me think - how much profit did BI make out of their vessels?


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At their height there were four weekly cycles for the Comet 1 fleet:

1. 22.00 Sun London - Singapore (06.30 Tue)/12.30 Tue Singapore - London
(11.40 Wed)/14.00 Wed London - Colombo (14.45 Thur)/13.30 Fri Colombo -
London (08.00 Sat)
2. 18.00 Fri London - Tokyo (13.30 (Mon)/22.30 Tue Tokyo - London (07.40
Thurs)
3. 16.00 Sun London - Johannesburg (14.40 Mon)/10.00 Tues Johannesburg -
London (07.05 Wed)/ 16.00 Wed London - Johannesburg (14.40 Thur)/10.00 Fri
Johannesburg - London (07.05 Sat)
4 16.00 Tues London - Johannesburg (14.40 Wed)/10.00 Thur Johannesburg -
London (07.05 Fri)/ 16.00 Fri London - Johannesburg (14.40 Sat)/10.00 Sun
Johannesburg - London (07.05 Mon)

Based on full occupancy, the income for each cycle per week was:

1. £29,664
2. £20,592
3. £26,640
4. £26,640

Total for week: £103536/ Year: £5,383,872.

It would be interesting to know what the costs of operation were. The
annual income, however, must have come close to matching the cost of the
BOAC fleet.

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