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Aviation History
1964
1964 - 1523.PDF
TO MOSCOW (Aerof lot from Irkutsk) USSR TUNGUAO rChangchun SHENYANG „. __, . NORTH KOREA Peki AFGHANISTAN KASHGAR MONGOLIAN REPUBLIC TIENTSIN y ? INDIA (ASSAM) DACCA POASHAN PAKISTAN ^ 5S BURMA _ _ . _ CANTONAAandalayo-"" SZEMAO /NTNNINGVIETNAM/ ^—JH.r. oC Hanoi c/V^^ (jfcHANKIANO LAOS Rangoon THAILAND Phnom Penh CAMBODIA y ' AIR COMMERCE A Peep into China ... flot's Tu-104s and Tu-114s which still link Peking with Moscow. The scene on our arrival at Peking Airport seemed to typify Chinese civil aviation: a solitary unidentified Li-2 taxying out past rows of motionless Il-12s, Il-14s, An-2s, a Yungani Number 1 (Chinese-built Aero 45), and a Convair 240 (in Chinese markings). The apron itself couldn't possibly have coped with more than two aircraft doing a simultaneous turn round, and the palatial terminal building seemed positively violated by the presence of people. Any- one can buy a ticket on a CAAC service, but since it costs 158 yen for a single ticket between Peking and Shanghai, and as Mao-t9e- Tung only gets 400 yen a month, it's hardly surprising that the only customers are sponsored officials and foreigners. NEIL HARRISON Above, CMC's domestic and international route map. The busiest scheduled routes, with daily and six weekly services respectively, are Canton to Haikow and Peking to Canton. Other sectors have only between one and three flights weekly. Below, on the ramp at Peking airport—a CAAC llyushin 18
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