EMPIRE AIR MAIL.
+ EXTENSION TO RANGOON IN SEPTEMBER. LONDON, July 25. Coinciding with the return of the air-liner Asrasa from its aerial survey trip to Australia, "The Times" announces that the Indian air route will definitely be extended to Rangoon on September 23. From then on there will be weekly air services, aeroplanes leaving London on Saturdays and Rangoon on Mondays. Rangoon will then be brought within eight and a half days of London. The "News-Chronicle" says that Major G. H. Brackley's return in the Astraea from Australia took only 10 flying days. He stopped for several days at Rangoon to discuss airmail plans.
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Press, Volume LXIX, Issue 20918, 27 July 1933, Page 9
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104EMPIRE AIR MAIL. Press, Volume LXIX, Issue 20918, 27 July 1933, Page 9
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