RUSSIAN JETS CHARTERED

Press, Volume XCVIII, Issue 28800, 22 January 1959, Page 12

RUSSIAN JETS CHARTERED

Hire For U«K. Tourists (N.Z. Press Association—Copyright) LONDON, January 21. Two British travel agencies have arranged to charter Russian TU-107 jet airliners this summer from the Russian airline, Aeroflot, and are offering a 15-day inclusive tour holiday In Russia for 149 guineas. The 70-seater aircraft would fly British holiday-makers direct to Moscow in four hours and a half. By contrast the return fare alone by British European Airways, with a change at Prague, is £llB and takes seven hours or longer. Bookings are being taken for tours at a cost which includes accommodation at the best Intourist hotels, meals, transport, sightseeing and gratuities, A spokesman for the agencies said it was decided to hire Russian jets, flown by Russian crews and with Russian stewardesses, because of their speed, and because their cost was comparable with British turbo-prop tours and would save holiday-makers going to Russia £35 to £4O each;