NEWT PORT OF CALL

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVI, Issue 19184, 17 May 1932, Page 3

NEW T PORT OF CALL

INDIAN AIR-MAIL. LONDON. March 30. (From Our Own Correspondent) Another air-link of Empire is to be forged as from April 17th, when the flying-boats of the Imperial Airways England-India service will, weather permitting, and when operating in both directions above the Eastern Mediterranean, begin to pay regular weekly calls at the port of Limasol on the island of Cyprus. The establishment of this new airport at a British possession which has such natural beauties, and so many historic monuments and associations, should add yet another pleasure to long-distance aerial touring, seeing that travellers will be able to reach Cyprus, from London, in not more than three days. The opening-up of Cyprus to air travellers should also prove a boon to those, say, in the desert countries of Iraq and Palestine, as it will be a swift and inexpensive flight to this beautiful island from either of these territories. Passengers, for example, who leave Basra or Baghdad on Friday will reach Cyprus before mid-day on Saturday, and, after spending a long week-end on the island, will be able to catch a return air service on Tuesday, alighting again at either Baghdad or Basra on Wednesday afternoon.