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1957
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11 January 1957 45 SCHEDULED AIR ROUTES OF THE U.S.S.R. AND CHINA (Winter, 1956-57) OKHA-SAKHALMSK — -„ HAM I. vCHIUCHUAN X(SUCHOW) V. / I \ * I i LANCHOW "*»^ / CHENCCHOWl CHENC-TU ' "CHANG _^ L — -" "*°"*1*/WUHAN fi (HANKOW) • I / HENGYANG^ / KWEIYANG 11 II CANTON Routes flown by other carriers to USSR tn coryuncttorwith Aerof lot —-x——x.^ C SA (Czechoslovak Air Lines) . . LOT(Pblish Air Lines) MANILA •-> SAS. Scandinavian Airlines System) FINNAIR(Aero O/Y) smaller aircraft, such as the Yak-18, may still be in use on somelocal routes. The Tu-104 has been fully described and evaluated in earlierissues of Flight, and no further comment need be made here except that its introduction on the long-distance trunk routes willconsiderably reduce journey times and will bring to Russian travellers for the first time the comfort of a pressurized cabin.The 11-12 has been seen in the U.K. on several occasions and its general specification is fairly well known; it is not unlike theDakota, but is provided with a tricycle undercarriage. The 11-14 is, as already mentioned, little more than an improved version of the 11-12, whilst the Li-2 is almost identical with the Dakota.A point of interest is that, according to an official Aeroflot description, the 11-12 is normally fitted with only eighteen seatsand the Li-2 with a mere fourteen; this would suggest that a good deal of the fuselage space is devoted to the carriage of mail andcargo, and an earlier remark suggests that these form no incon- siderable proportion of the traffic generally. There are, nevertheless, certain express passenger services, particularly to the Black Sea resorts, for which the aircraft are presumably fitted withrather more seats. With the exception of the short connection between Alma-Ata and Urumchi and the sector from Chita to
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