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FLIGHT, MARCH 22, 1934 connection with " unemployed " assistance schemes, andby this means a more rapid advance had been made than would have otherwise been possible. We gather that theproposal is to commence operating a small section at the start and eventually to develop gradually until, by theend of about three years, the service will extend right across Canada from Halifax or the Straits of Belle Isle toVancouver. COMMERCIAL FLYING IN CANADA, 1933 ACCORDING to the Financial Post (Toronto) aeroplanes operated by Canadian Airways, Ltd., last year on mail services flew a total of 2,128 hours as against 3,370 hours in 1932 and 12,447 in 1931. In other than mail services the company's aeroplanes flew 9,489 productive hours last year as compared with 8,548 hours in 1932 and 4,659 hours in 1931. The total mileage flown in mail services dropped from 1,336,107 miles in 1931 to 210,666 miles in 1933, whilst in other services there was an increase during the period from 496,687 miles to 954,769 miles. Goods and mail transport last year amounted to 2,850,852 1b. as compared with 2,169,202 lb. in 1932 and 1,223,908 lb. in 1931. The number of lb.-miles increased during the same periods from 173,895,707 in 1931 to 344,704,550 last year. Passengers carried last year numbered 16,942 covering 1,094,600 passenger miles, as compared with 8,963 passengers covering 998,619 pas- senger miles in 1932, and 8,047 covering 111,628 passenger miles in 1931. Despite the curtailment of air mail services by the Government during the past two years, there was an actual increase of 10 per cent, last year in the volume of mail carried, and of 35 per cent, in the volume of freight and express. As compared with 1931, however, there was a decrease of mail carried of 28 per cent, and an increase of 230 per cent, in freight and express. Twenty air mail routes were in existence throughout Canada during 1933, 11 of these being established on a twelve-month basis. In January, 1934, the Fort Resolution-Great Bear Lake line was extended to Coppermine on the Arctic Ocean. SOUTH AFRICAN AIR TRAFFIC WE have been supplied with the following traffic figures for the year 1933 for the Rand Airport, Germiston, which we think may be of interest: — Aircraft Passengers Freight 1b. Mailslb.In Out Total1932 Increase 1,4711,468 2,9391,547 1,392(90%) 1,9832,074 4,0571,594 2,463 (154-5%) 20,38529,216 49,60124,103 25,498(105-8%) 27,45825,875 53,33322,395 30,938 (135-8%) N.B.—Local passengers not included in returns. BRITISH AMPHIBIANS FOR YUGOSLAVIA ? THE air service between Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia, and the port of Susak in Yugoslavia, which was inaugurated last year, proved very successful, but owing to the frequent fogs and other unfavourable weather con- ditions a.t Susak Aerodrome it is proposed for this year to employ amphibian planes so as to enable landings and starts to be made at sea off the port. This would also have the advantage of enabling the service to be pro- longed to the port of Split (Spalato). As this class of aero- plane is not constructed either in Czechoslovakia or Yugo- slavia, it is likely that two machines will be purchased in England for this service. A NEW INDIAN SERVICE A REPORT from Delhi states that Indian National Air- ways, Ltd., expect to begin a weekly air mail service between Lahore and Karachi, with stops at Jacobabad and Multan, during September or October. A connection will be made with the British air mail service. THE GERMAN SOUTH ATLANTIC SERVICE DEUTSCHE LUFT HANSA completed, on March 13, the third twice-monthly transatlantic air mail service between Europe and South America. Six flights have been made in both directions, and all have, been accomplished within five days. PROPOSED WEST AFRICAN AIR SERVICE " TIN," the bulletin of the Anglo-Oriental Mining Corporation, states that a scheme is on foot to establish air services in Nigeria, the Gold Coast and Sierra Leone to connect with the Imperial Airways Cape-Cairo service and the French " trans-Saharienne " service to Europe. Pre- liminary air surveys show that services are possible throughout Nigeria, and Kano is suggested as the principal airport. Contact can be made from that centre with the various mines, particularly those on the Bauchi Plateau. It is understood that arrangements may be made with the French Government for aircraft to pass over French territory to connect with the Gold Coast sections. The Sierra Leone service would be developed later, a connection being made with Dakar about 400 miles up the coast. K.L.M. AMSTERDAM-CHERBOURG SERVICE ON March 9 the K.L.M. company inaugurated an air mail service between Cherbourg and Amsterdam, connect- ing with North Atlantic shipping services. Mr. Anthony Fokker, who arrived from New York on the same day, flew to Amsterdam in the first machine. DEUTSCHE LUFT HANSA IN 1933 WITH reference to our paragraph relating to the above in last week's issue, we are informed that the exact figures for the mileage covered during 1933 and 1932 are 6,145,944 miles and 5,122,400 miles respectively—an increase of 15.5 per cent. THE NEW ZEPPELIN : Sketch of the cabin arrangement of the L.Z.129, now under construction at - Friedrichshafen. -_... ....... :* 278
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