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1934
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FLIGHT, APRIL 12, 1934 AERIAL ACTIVITY AT JERSEY : Six D.H. " Dragons," of Jersey Airways, Ltd., on the sea-shore " aerodrome at St. Helier during the Easter rush. Gaza and Baghdad on Tuesday, Basra on Wednesday, Karachi on Thursday, Calcutta and Bombay on Friday, Madras and Rangoon on Saturday, and Bangkok and Singapore on Sunday, 8 days after despatch from London. The return service will leave Singapore on Sunday and, as from April 23, will be due to reach London on Monday. The public are reminded that corre- spondence for India intended for transmission by air beyond Karachi should be prepaid at the rate of 8d. for the first ^ oz. and 7d. for each additional \ oz. (postcards 4d.), and superscribed " By Air in India." AIR MAILS TO SOUTH AMERICA THE POSTMASTER-GENERAL announces that a fortnightly air service from Germany to South America is now avail- able for correspondence from this country at the same charges as those for the existing air service, namely:—To Brazil: Letters, 3s. 6d. per \ oz.; postcards, Is. 9d.; printed papers, etc., 10a. per \ oz. To Argentine, Bolivia, Chili, Paraguay, Uruguay: Letters, 4s. per \ oz., postcards, 2s.; printed papers, etc., Is. per \ oz. Corre- spondence intended for conveyance by the German service should bear, in addition to the blue Air Mail label, 1he inscription " By German Air Mail." The flights will leave Germany on alternate Saturdays, commencing on Saturday. April 14, and the correspondence will be due to arrive, after despatch from London, as follows:—Rio de Janeiro, Thursday, six days; Monte Video, Buenos Aires, Friday, seven days; Santiago, Saturday, eight days; Arica, Monday, ten days; La Paz, Tuesday, eleven days. Letters for this service can be posted in London up to the times of the last collection from the ordinary boxes on Thurs- day, April 12; letters can also be posted up to 5.0 a.m. on Friday, April 13, in the special Air Mail box at the General Post Office,' King Edward Building, London, E.C.I, and about an hour earlier in the special Air Mail boxes in the London Head District areas. The latest times of posting elsewhere can be ascertained from the local Head or Branch Office. The same times of posting will apply for each fortnightly flight. TIMES OF POSTING AIR PARCELS THE POSTMASTER-GENERAL announces that as from April 10, the latest times of posting air parcels at the General Post Office, London, for despatch by the England- South Africa and England-India Air Mail services will be 9.0 p.m',. on Tuesdays and 9.0 p.m. on Fridays respectively. PROJECTED BRITISH AIR LINES AMONG the projected air lines in the British Isles are:—Bristol-Bournemouth by Western Airways, Ltd. ; Portsmouth-Bournemouth by Portsmouth, Southsea & Isle of Wight Aviation Co., Ltd. ; Gatwick-Paris by Airports, Ltd. ; Birmingham - Leicester - Nottingham - Skegness by Eastern Air Services, Ltd. ; Dublin-Waterford-Cork- Limerick by the Irish Aviation Development Corporation, Ltd. CHECHOSLOVAKIAN ACTIVITIES THE Czechoslovakian State Air Lines have made Known the following programme for 1934. From May 1 to August 31 a service will be operated between Praha, Brno, Bratislava, Kosice, Uzhorod, Clnj and Buchuresti. Connecting with Bratislava, a second service will be in operation between Zagreb and Susak from June 1 to August 31. Between these same dates, another service between Marianske Lazne-Karlovy Vary-Praha will be flown. The operating equipment will consist of five Letov S.32 five-seaters (three Walter " Mars ") and five Fokker F.VII 3m's (three Walter " Castors "). One Caproni Ca.97 (three Walter " Mars "), one Aero A.38 (Walter " Jupiter ") and two Aero A.35's (Walter " Castor ") will be held in reserve. U.L.G. (HUNGARY) IN 1933 THE Ungarische Luftverkehrs A.-G. ran four services in 1933:—Budapest-Vienna; Budapest-Klagenfurt-Venice ; Budapest-Pecs-Kaposvar ; Budapest-Miskolcz. There was no change in the 1932 time-table, except for an additional mail service on Sundays during the summer between Vienna and Budapest. Fokker aircraft were used on all routes, and these played a considerable part in returning a regu- larity of service of 98.5 per cent. The following table compares the 1933 operating statistics with those for 1932:— 19331932 No. ofFlights 620 581 DistanceFlown 79,15075,559 Passengers 2,6102,494 Luggage Tons29 30 Freight Tons5 6 MailTons 21 Percentage regularity in 1933 was 98.5 and 1932, 99.7 No important changes are anticipated in the U.L.G.'s 1934 programme. FOURTH D.L.H. SOUTH AMERICAN MAIL FLIGHT THE return trip of the fourth South American air mail flight made by Deutsche Luft Hansa was completed accord- ing to plan. Mails left Rio de Janeiro on March 22 and arrived at Berlin at noon on March 27. I.A.T.A. CONFERENCE AT PRAGUE IT was decided at the Conference of the International Air Traffic Association, which was held at Prague on March 22 and 23, that season tickets, similar to those issued at present only by Imperial Airways and Deutsche Luft Hansa, will henceforth be issued by all airlines belonging to the I.A.T.A. These tickets, which will be valid for six months, will cost 4,500 francs, or the equivalent in other currencies. Holders may use them on any airway belonging to a company which belongs to the I.A.T.A., and are entitled to reduction of 20 per cent, on actual fares in force. It was also decided at the Conference that com- panies belonging to the I.A.T.A. shall make a 30 per cent, reduction in fares for return journeys. Two time-tables will be drawn up each year, the first to come into force with the beginning of summer time in France, and a winter time-table, the inauguration of which will be coincident with the beginning of winter time. Rates for the carriage of excess baggage have been considerably lowered. This is a very necessary improvement, for many passengers have been prevented from flying over long distances owing to the high charges for the transportation of their baggage. The next I.A.T.A. Conference will be held at The Hague on August 28 and 29. This date will coincide with that of the 15th anniversary of the Association. Mr. Plesman, of K.L.M., will be in the chair. 355 c2
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