AN AIRSHIP SERVICE.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLIII, Issue 120, 19 May 1909, Page 4

AN AIRSHIP SERVICE.

ITS COST AND PROSPECTS

[press association."] BERLIN, May 18. The Zeppelin Airship Company's estimates show that the company's . project for an aggregate of 600 trips per annum, with three ships, inclusive of wages and amortisation charges, would.cost £8500 sterling. The only doubt is whether sufficient passengers would be available to cover expenses. Each ship would have a crew of five, with twenty passengers. A War Office subsidy is expected for the principal line, Dusseldorf to. Lucerne.

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