AIR POLICY.

Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 277, 22 November 1934, Page 7

AIR POLICY.

IMPERIAL AIRWAYS.

Duplicate Services Instead of

Faster 'Planes.

PLANS ANNOUNCED

(United I\A.—Electric Telegraph—Copyright, (Received 10.SO a.m.) LONDON, November 21. In pursuance of its policy of increasing the frequency of services in preference to speeding up machines, Imperial Airways announce the duplication of the services from London to Calcutta and Johannesburg. This will give a twice-weekly service in each direction for passengers and mails to India and Africa, also four services weekly between Britain and Egypt. The duplicated service opens from London to Johannesburg on January. 1. The plans do not involve additional aircraft but extra work will be demanded from machines on Empire routes which now fly an average of only 2000 miles weekly, coin pared with the London-Paris 'planes' 1000 miles daily.

Ground staffs will be increased and extra engineers have already been dispatched to key points. CHEERED TO ECHO. Amsterdam's Enthusiastic Welcome. FLYERS BACK HOME. (Received 10.30 a.m.) AMSTERDAM, November 21. When Parmentier and Moll arrived back from 'the Melbourne air race a crowd of 40,000 was present and publicly welcomed them. The entire proceedings were broadcast. Schools were closed and Amsterdam was beflagg«d. The crew, accompanied by their wives and Mr. A. Fokker, in an illuminated, decorated car, led a procession to the city, where vast crowds lined the decorated streets. LORD SEMPILL. AVIATOR. RrEACHES DARWIN. DARWIN, November 21. Lord Scmpill, who has flown from England, arrived at Darwin to-day from Bathurst Island, where he arrived on Monday. The visit to Australia of Lord Senapill is being made in his capacity as vice-chairman of the Royal Empire Society. He is to represent that body at the Centenary celebrations in Melbourne.