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1934
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FLIGHT, FEBRUARY 1, 1984 AN INDIAN AIR TERMINUS : The hangar and offices of Tata Sons, Ltd., at Bombay. will within two years possess a new civil aerodrome atRuzyne, on the opposite side of the city. Considerable attention is also being devoted to the question of nightservices, and illuminated routes are to be inaugurated. Between Prague and Bratislava, for example, 18 airbeacons are to be established, and the aerodromes at Prague, Brno and Bratislava fully equipped for landingsand starts in the night. SWISS TRAFFIC FIGURES THE Federal Air Office at Berne has published thefollowing figures for Swiss international air traffic from May 1 to October 31, 1933: — — 1933.. 1932.. No. ofFlights 10,829 10,131 Mileage 1,167,000 1,116,000 PayingPassengers 32,548 28,441 AirMail tons251-0 202-5 Freight tons363 349 ExcessLuggage tons74-3 66-0 Regularity was 98.8 per cent. (98.8 per cent, in 1932) andthe punctuality average was 90.5 per cent. (88.5 per cent, in 1932). The average speed on the international connec-tions was 107.5 m.p.h. during 1933, compared with 104.5 m.p.h. during 1932. The express Zurich-Munich-Viennaservice was operated throughout the year at an average speed of 161.7 m.p.h. There were no accidents topassengers during the year. POLISH TRAFFIC THE following are the traffic figures obtained by thePolskie Linje Lotnicze during 1933. The figures for 1932 are given below for comparison. — 1933 1932 Airwaysin Miles 3,000 3,000 MileageCovered 1,085,000 770,000 Passengers 13,013 10,232 Freightand Luggage lb.776,000 710,000 Air Mail lb.82,500 86,500 Linje Lotnicze. The service will be inaugurated during thesummer. A WARSAW-MOSCOW SERVICE IN THE SPRINGAFTER several fruitless conversations between the Soviet Union and Poland, regarding the proposed Warsaw-Moscow connection, it has at last been made known that the first experimental nights for a service connecting thesecities, via Minsk, will be made during the spring. THE FRENCH TRANSATLANTIC SERVICE FOLLOWING the example set by Great Britain and theUnited States, French interests, represented by Gen. Duval, former chairman of the Cidna Company, are negotiatingwith the Portuguese Government regarding the use of the Azores and other Portuguese territory for the proposedtransatlantic air service. STATE AIRWAYS IN SOUTH AFRICA SOME time ago it was announced that the State Rail-way Department in South Africa would become responsible for the running of air services in the Union, but it was notat first made clear if this department would only function on the lines of the Civil Aviation Department of the AirMinistry in this country. However, the Cape Town corre- spondent of the Daily Telegraph stated definitely in theJanuary 30 issue of that paper that the South African Government would take over Union Airways, Ltd., as aState Department of the Railways on February 1. Negotia- tions have been completed, he said, by which overseascreditors would receive 10s. in the pound. He added that the Minister of Railways, Mr. O. Pirow, intends to developthe State airways into a highly efficient system. Among other things, all the pilots will be trained in instrumentflving. AIR MAIL TRAFFIC THE Postmaster-General announces that the weight ofletters sent by air from this country during 1933 was the largest ever recorded in one year and amounted to about85 tons, as compared with 64 tons in 1932—an increase of 33 per cent. The Christmas letter mails despatched by theIndian service on December 16 and by the African service on December 13 weighed about 3,000 lb. and about1,300 1b. respectively—a record for each of the services. Details of the letter traffic are: — EASTERN AIR TRANSPORT STATISTICS EASTERN AIR TRANSPORT, which operates the NewYork-Atlanta-Miami service, states that during 1933 revenue passengers and air express increased by 129 percent, and 605 per cent, respectively, compared with the previous year. A decrease of 4 per cent, in the amountof air mail carried has been recorded. This is due to the higher air mail postage rates in force ($0.08 = 6d. for1 oz. ; $13 = lOd. for every additional oz.). NEW PAN-AMERICAN EQUIPMENT PAN-AMERICAN AIRWAYS have announced that the com-pany has placed an order for six Douglas D.C.2 airliners and six Lockheed " Electras." The value of the orderstotals £201,760. The D.C.2's will accommodate twelve passengers only, so that greater comfort for long journeysmay be obtained than with the cabin arranged to seat the full number of passengers which may be carried.THE BERLIN WARSAW SERVICE As the result of negotiations which took place inWarsaw from January 16-19, between a German delegation headed by Herr Ministerialdirektor Fisch and Polish repre-sentatives, the air route between Berlin and Warsaw will be operated jointly by Deutsche Luft Hansa and Polskie 1932lb. 60,00015,900 24,40042,700 1933lb 73 40024,700 28,80064,400 increaseincrease increaseincrease %= 22 «* 55 - 18-= 50 Indian Air Service (including Egypt, Iraqetc.) African Air ServiceOther Extra-European Services Continental Services 143,000 191,300 increase — 33 There was also an increase of 18 per cent, in the amountof parcels sent by air, the figures being 67 tons in 1933 as compared with 57 tons in the previous year.LONDON-BELFAST SERVICE IT was announced on Thursday last, by Sqd. Ldr.Malet, chief pilot of Midland & Scottish Air Ferries, that an air service between London and Belfast will be inaugu-rated on March 14. Stops will be made at Birmingham, Liverpool and the Isle of Man.THE MADRAS-CALCUTTA AIR MAIL SERVICE • A BI-WEEKLY air mail service connecting Madras andCalcutta will start on February 10. Halts will be made at Gannavaran, Vizagapatam and Puri. The service is to beoperated by the Madras Air Taxi Service and will connect with the east- and west-bound services of Indian Trans-Continental and Indian National Airways.
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