THE FIRST AIR PLEASURE CRUISE

Evening Star, Issue 19787, 10 February 1928, Page 6

THE FIRST AIR PLEASURE CRUISE

The announcement of the first air pleasure cruise organised by the Imperial Airways, Ltd., and Messrs Thos. Look and Sous, Ltd., marks another step in the development of luxurious and rapid travel. for this pioneer air pleasure cruise, which will leave London on January 31, 1928, Hie Imperial Airways, Ltd., will use one of the latest typos of the famous ’ Silver Wing" triple-engined aeroplanes. It has accommodation ior twenty passengers, but the members of the cruise will be limited to twelve. Tho crew will consist of the pilot, the pilot-engineer, and a steward, the latter in charge of a plentiful supply of refreshments, which will be obtainable at all times. Luncheon will be served "in the air" on several of the long “hops.” The cruise will occupy thirty-five days, and the passengers will travel over 5,500 miles by air and some hundreds of miles by motor car.

The passengers will exchange tho foggy leaden skies of England in February for the bright, joyous clime sof Southern France, Spain, and Italy. Tho places of interest visited will range from the modern city of Paris to the ancient cilios of Carthage and Marrakech, and tho green fields of England and France will give place to the burning sands of the Sahara and tho black lava lands of Italy aiid Sicily. Motor cars will await the Silver Wing at each aerodrome, convey the passengers to their hotels, and bo at their disposal for the various excursions and sight-seeing trips of interest in each district.

As is to be expected, only a small quantity of luggage can be carried on the ’plane, but arrangements have been made to forward extra baggage to the passengers at different points cn route and to receive from them baggage which is no longer required, thereby securing all the advantages and none of the disadvantages of the biggest of travel worries—luggage. ■ The full itinerary for the cruise is:—London, Paris, Bordeaux, Biarritz, Perpignan, Barcelona, Monterralt, Alicante, Malaya, Granada, Seville, Tangiers, Casablanca, Marrakech, Fez, Oran, Algiers, Blidah, Biskra, Garden of Allah, Tunis, Zaghouan, Quairwan, El Djem, Susa, Mahdia, Mount Etna, Catania, Naples, Vesuvius, Pompeii, Sorrento, Amalfi, Borne, Venice, Pisa, Marseilles, Hycrcs, Lyons, and via Paris to London.