TRAFFIC IN THE AIR
Britain’s volume of air traffic is larger than that of any other European country. Last year it swelled to record proportions. The total miles flown, states the Air Ministry’s report on the Progress of Civil Aviation, increased from 1,766,000 to 1,969,000. Imperial Airways had the distinction of transporting 19,000 more passengers than in 1932, and the weight of air mail which left the country rose to 85 tons, an increase of one-third. Of the total traffic on all lines between Britain and the Continent, British aircraft carried 59 per cent., or 53,500 passengers: French aircraft, 18,539 passengers: Belgian aircraft, 4570; German aircraft, 3765; aiii Netherlands aircraft, 10,526.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 22422, 17 November 1934, Page 23
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111TRAFFIC IN THE AIR Otago Daily Times, Issue 22422, 17 November 1934, Page 23
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