EMPIRE AIRWAYS
i PRESSURE OF MAILS IMTI.K'ATIN'C SKKVK'KS LONDON, Oct. 1. I The unprecedented pressure of .nails I i-ijii! Soulhampt'.ii to Australia, is necessitating a duplication nf imperial Airways services to Karachi and Basra, The growth of the traffic is rendering Imperial Airways' fleet wholly inadequate, and it is anticipated that future growth will outstrip dc-Twenty-seven various types of machines are being built, but expi its urge an immediate start in designing and constructing a licet of -10 ton (lying-boats, pointing out 'hat several years must elapse before their completion. [mperial Airways officials state that African trunk branch services ire absorbing more aeroplanes. For ■xnmplc those to Johannesburg and Salisbury have increased from cue \ to six services a wev«v.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19759, 13 October 1938, Page 8
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