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TABLE A
EQUIPMENT OF LATIN AMERICAN SCHEDULED AIRLINES
1940
1947
1949
(1) Total aircraft
205
622
691
(2) US Manufacture:
No. of aircraft
127
535
604
Percent of total
62
86
88
(3) UK Manufacture:
No. of aircraft
Included in Item
39
58
Percent of total
(5) for 1940
6
8
(4) Axis Manufacture*:
No. of aircraft
40
Included in Item (5) Included in Item (5)
Percent of total
20
for 1947
for 1949
(5) Other Manufacture:
No. of aircraft
38
48
29
Percent of total
18
8
4
(6) 4 Engine aircraft
2
38
60
(7) 3 Engine aircraft
69
19
11
(8) 2 Engine aircraft
96
454
528
(9) 1 Engine and unidentified a/c
38
111
92
(10) Modern US aircraft*
23
296
456
* Item (4), showing aircraft of German or Italian manufacture, is included to demonstrate Axis influence in prewar
Latin American civil aviation. For the postwar years, 1947 and 1949, the relatively small number of these aircraft remain-
ing in service is included under "other" in Item (5).
** Item (10) includes aircraft of US manufacture which are at least as modern and as large as the DC-3, and are
currently in use by US civil and military air carriers. Specifically: DC-3, DC-4, DC-6, C-46, Convair 240, Martin
202, Constellation.
TABLE B
COMPARATIVE WEEKLY SCHEDULED MILEAGE OF AIRLINES
1940
1947
1949
Latin American Airlines, Total
323, 602
1, 381, 279
1,650,827
US Airlines in Latin America
827,796
843,097
US.Airlines, Total
7,607,000
8,489,000
World Airlines, Total (excluding USSR)
12,424,000
15,066,000
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