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JUNE 23, 1927 CIVIL AVIATION ABROAD IN 1926 A PERUSAL of Part II of the Official Report on the Progress of Civil Aviation, issued recently—a review of Part I of which, dealing with Civil Aviation within the British Empire, appeared in our issue of April 28, indicates that there was considerable activity in civil aviation in foreign countries. This activity, from current items of news to hand, appears to be continuing to an even greater extent this present year. It may, therefore, be of interest if we give just a brief outline of the movements in this connection during 1926 in the various foreign countries, as set out in the Report referred to. Germany.—It was in France and Germany that the greatest during the summer the Luft Hansa, in conjunction with the various local companies and with certain foreign companies, operated some 50 services. These, with the exception of certain simplifications and additions, were substantially the same as those operated by the old companies during 1925, but a few changes were made in the routes radiating abroad. As a result of the Franco-German Air Convention, a through service between Berlin and Paris was inaugurated, while night flying on the Berlin-Konigsberg section of the Berlin-Moscow route was introduced and successfully maintained. During October the most ambitious winter programme yet attempted REGULAR COMMERCIAL AIR TRANSPORT MILES FLOWN YEAQLY 1913 1920 1321 1322 1922 1324 1925 1926 6C.OOO NUMBER 5O.JOO 4o,ooo 3QOOO 2J.OOC /OjJOO NUMBER OF PASSENGERS CARRIED (BY STAGES) PER YEAR GTBRITAIN FRANCE GERMANY ! • ^* i i i / 1 i X~i 1919 1920 192/ 1922 1923 1924 1925 CARRIED BY AIR TRANSPORT IN /926 PASSENGERS ACTUAL MJMBEPt 16,776 GTBRITAIN 56,268 GERMANY GOODS & MAILS TO«J < %79 57" BRITAIN 929 GERMANY SOME COMMERCIAL AVIATION STATISTICS : These graphs, more or less self explanatory, have been pro- duced by Col. the Master of Sempill, Chairman of the Royal Aeronautical Society. The progress made by Germany during recent years is most clearly brought out. It should be pointed out, however, that in showing number of passengers carried " by stages," the long-distance routes are liable to score a somewhat unfair advantage, since, presumably, a passenger carried over a route on which three intermediate landings are made will be "counted " four times. A more just comparison would be obtained by comparing the traffic on a passenger-miles basis. L activity prevailed during 1926. As far as actual miles flown and passengers carried, Germany headed the list, even though the figures given only covered the period April 1—December ••!• The number of miles flown was 3.816,144, the number of passengers (complete journeys), 56,268 ; baggage and freight, ^-•5 tons, and mails and newspapers, 297 tons. The mileage sown shows an increase of about 741,000 over the published n[;ure for the whole of 1925, while the increase of passengers u.med is stated to be 50-3 per cent. - •",QO tOtal lenSth of the German airway system in the summer jt-.'/g 6 was 12-680 miles, as compared with 10,920 miles in itv^1 ke remembered that the new German air traffic mblne- Luft Hansa, came into operation on April 1, and by Germany, consisting of 30 of the more important lines, was brought into operation. As regards future schemes, during 1926 Luft Hansa carried out a successful survey of the proposed Berlin-Peking route, while a certain amount of preliminary work was done in connection with a seaplane service across the North Sea to England. Enquiries have also been made in Iceland with a view to investigating the possibilities of a service between Germany and North America, via Scotland and Iceland. France.—Chiefly on the grounds of economy, the adminis- tration of civil aviation in France has been completely reorganised—the Under-Secretariat of State for Aeronautics and Air Transport having been suppressed, and its place taken by a Directorate-General under the authority of the 415
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