NEW AIR SERVICE
BETWEEN LONDON AND SOUTH AFRICA PRELIMINARY FLIGHTS ROUTE NOT FIXED YET (British Official Wireless.) Rugby, December 13. Questioned in the House of Commons to-day regarding the establishment of an air service between London and South Africa, Sir Philip Sassoon, Un-der-Secretary for Air, said that a number of flights had taken place between London a ’ South Africa and intermediate points. Valuable information h d been obtained as a result, but the actual details of the route selected would depend on whether md ’planes or seaplanes were used on certain parts of the journey. That could only be determined when concrete proposals were formulated. The Air Ministry expect- < .-uch proposals to be .de in the near future, and, if these were considered practicable, immediate steps would be taken in co-operation with the Government of South Africa, which was aware of the British Government’s intention and desire to develop air communications of that nature.
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Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 70, 15 December 1928, Page 9
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154NEW AIR SERVICE Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 70, 15 December 1928, Page 9
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