ATLANTIC AIR SERVICE

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 73, Issue 425, 17 November 1930, Page 7

ATLANTIC AIR SERVICE

AN AGREEMENT REPORTED. AN OFFICIAL’S STATEMENT. WASHINGTON, Nov. 14. The plan for an Anglo-American air mail line across the Atlantic was said to-day, by Mr W. Irving Glover (second assistant Postmaster-General), to be settled.

Mr Glover added: “Pan-American Airways (Inc.) and Imperial Airways Limited will operate the line which has been planned to begin within another year. Everything has been settled with the exception of the equipment for the spreading of weather facilities and location of landing fields. The Post Office Department, which has been aware of the negotiations between the two companies for some time, is prepared to give the mail to the lino whenever it is ready. Charleston (Carolina) may be the American terminus because of its location below the bad weather belt. Flying boats will undoubtedly be the equipment with which a start will be made, and, while the present plans are only for carrying mail, there may be later expansions to take care of passengers. Bermuda and the Azores will be the bases and the Pan-American company will fly the log to Bermuda. Imperial Airways will be in charge of the rest of the route.”