DUTCH AIR LINE
SERVICE TO AUSTRALIA.
PROPOSITION SUBMITTED.
London, Sept. 20.
The head of the Dutch Air Line, Mr. Plessman, is flying to London to confer with Mr. S. M. Bruce on the possibility of immediately extending the Amster-dam-Batavia air route to Australia.
The Dutch will offer, it is understood, to carry mails without a subsidy or a guarantee of a minimum amount of freight provided that a small surcharge may be imposed to cover expenses. An official told a representative of tho Daily Telegraph that it is not desired to infringe on Imperial Airways projects. On the contrary, the Dutch line is prepared to withdraw from Australia directly Imperial Airways is ready to open an All-Red route.
In the meanwhile, the official said, it is ridiculous to deprive Australia of the benefit of immediate air communication with England and Europe. The Dutch aeroplanes, by speeding up, and flying from Amsterdam to Batavia in nine days, could reach Australia in 12 days, enabling mails to be landed in Melbourne within 14 or 15 days. The Dutch fly to Batavia via Budapest and Bagdad, whereas Imperial Airways mails are conveyed by rail to Paris or Brindisi, involving the loss of a day before being transferred to aeroplanes.
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Taranaki Daily News, 3 October 1932, Page 9
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