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1931
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FLIGHT, MAY 1, 1931 THE AIRWAYS OF ASIA Air transport in Asia is making rapid strides. We think ifew realise that there are already a number of air routes TI operation, linking up many important cities of the East, and the accompanying map of existing and projected air routes will show how the air network is growing. In the following article we have endeavoured to give an accurate account of the airways of Asia, but in some cases it is difficult to obtain detailed information regarding certain air routes, while develop- ments are still taking place and may have happened since we wrote these notes "N no other part of the world, perhaps, does air trans- port ofler such great possibilities in improving com- munications between various countries and in developing commerce as in Asia. At present ordinary methods of transport in certain parts of Asia are by ;io means rapid, and communication between some of the Eastern countries, and even to and from Europe, are difficult and tedious. Air transport, however, over the vast distances en- countered there can overcome the obstacles faced by the railway and the caravan economically, and, of course, with considerable gain in the matter of time occupied fc.r the journey. The Oriental has—in some cases, after a period <.i wailing and watching—taken an active interest in the aeroplane without waiting for the European or American to come on the scene. Such countries as Japan, China and Siam are preparing—and have, in fact, already Started—for an extensive development of air transport in their respective countries. As regards air routes from Europe to Asia, we have our own Imperial Airways service to Cairo, Baghdad and thence to India, with a regular extension—we hope soon—to Australia via Burma, Siam and Java. India itself offers opportunities for internal air services, linking up with the main Empire routes, and some day, perhaps the Government will take the necessary action to get these established. They have, at any rate, ordered some machines. Then there is the Dutch service of K.L.M. from Amster- dam to the Dutch East Indies, which more or less follows the same route as the Imperial Airways to India. We have already given details of this service, and the K.N.I.L.M. services in the Indies, in FLIGHT for Jan. 9 and 16 last, so it will be unnecessary to refer to them again here. It may be remarked in passing, however, that the question of extending the Dutch service to Australia has seriously been considered, and an experi- mental service was due to start on April 30. France also has a service to the East, wherebv she LANCHoW" o. S1AN '• TTS8-5naCH1Trft9ONO V-d AIRWAYS oT ASIA Scale in Miles 0 MO 400 600 800 1000 0 IX 300 730 1000 ISO 1900 Kilometres nghr MMl a 6
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