ALL-RED AIR ROUTE

Gisborne Times, Volume LXVIII, Issue 10732, 1 November 1928, Page 2

ALL-RED AIR ROUTE

POSSIBLE ENCIRCLING OF WORLD v ENORMOUS DEVEOLPMENTS EXPECTED . SHORTLY ; f . United Proas Assn by El. Tel. Copyright (Australian Press Association-D „ • OTTAWA, Oct. 29. . Mr J. A. Wilson, Controller of Aviation in has returned from Europe. He sees a strong possibility of •an > Ail-Red .•‘air route around the world in future,, j “Enormous development in interEmpire communication may: be * expected within the next few yeaysWhile efforts so far have to some extent been, concentrated on. .flights to India and Africa, British .. flyers are turning towards Canada”.;said Mr Wilson. He . had seen. both ..the enormous dirigibles RIOO, arid RlOl, which would be ready early in., the spring for.._trans-Atlantic.flights Jo Montreal, and he had discussed the contemplated: flights with . English air officials.

ENGLAND TO INDIA ROUTE SETTLED

SEVEN AND HALE DAYS’ JOURNEY United Press Assn, by El. Tel. Copyright (Time* Cables.) LONDON, Oct. 30. . The main stages of the new. -5000 miles air route from England to India have been settled. An Impelial Airways’ survey party under Flight-Lieutenant B. Cross. - a former Air Ministry flying boat. expert who has- been appointed Mediterranean manager, is leaving immediately to locate intermediate bases. .. • ... Air passengers from London will take an aeroplane to Basle, thence the night express through the Alps-. Genoa will be leached in hours. Here they embark on a Shortt-C?.!-cutta type flying,; boat, for a two .-and a-half Says’ journey to Alexandria, calling at ROme. Naples, the Greek Islands. and probably Gallipoli, thence to Crete and.. Tobruk, .where the Egyptian Government is building a combined marine, land , arid air port. Here passengers will connect with the existing trans-desert section, reaching Basra in a day and Karachi in two and a-half days, totalling, seven days .from„Lop4pn. .. ' It is expected that the time will ■ be considerably shortened soon after the service comes into operation in April.. It is assumed that Imperial Airways in'*the near future will ex-, tend the Middle Erist route to 'Singa-; pore, where it-will branch into Am-' tralian,: Chinese, . and Japanese... sections. v