AERIAL GOODS SERVICE.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 16462, 14 June 1919, Page 10

AERIAL GOODS SERVICE.

BETWEEN ENGLAND AND BELGIUM. The Daily Telegraph of February 3 last reports that an aerial freight service is contemplated between Folkestone, England, and Ghent, Belgium. English manufacturers have been finding it next to impossible to ship goods to Belgium by’ ordinary transport, owing to the congestion of the docks in that country, and the Aircraft Transport and Travel Company' was quick to realise the opportunity thus offered to demonstrate the possibilities of aircraft for commercial purposes. , Tho company has entered into negotiations with British manufacturers interested in the forwarding of goods to Belgium by air. The Governments of Great Britain and Belgium have been approached in the matter, and the Belgian Government has already issued the special certificates necessary for this fonn of transport. Tho British Air Ministry has given its consent also to tho main scheme proposed by’ the Aircraft Transport and Travel Company, but stipulated that pilots of the Royal Air Force shall undertake all the aerial trips made. The load carried will be about two tons of foodstuffs, clothing, and other necessities. Tho extension of this service to Antwerp and Brussels is planned.