MAY START IN JUNE

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 29, 4 February 1939, Page 9

MAY START IN JUNE

NORTH ATLANTIC AIR SERVICE CO-OPERATION OF BRITAIN AND AMERICA [ British Official Wireless ] RUGBY, Feb. 3. Asked in the House of Commons about the persent position of negotiations for the establishment of ait services across the North Atlantic by Imperial Airways and Pan-American Aairways in co-operation, Captain 11. H. Balfour, Under-Secretary for Air, i said that the necessary permits for . the operation of a regular service by (Imperial Airways in co-operation beI tween the United Kingdom and New ! York were issued in 1937 to each ’ company by the Governments con- • cerned. ! Establishment in the United States of a new civil aeronautical authority. : however, had made it necessary for Imperial Airways to apply for a new . permit, and such application had been made. It was hoped that Imperial Airways would be ready to start a : scheduled seasonal service of experimental character to America on June 1 next. Ready to Start. i Captain Balfour, further question-. ! cd, said that the Ministry had heard 1 a report that the American air line 1 was ready to start. It was hoped, he 'said, that a start would be made simultaneously, but if one company were ready before the other, the British would not place any obstacles ! in the way. 1 In view of the fact that future • air traffic 1o London is certain to 1 necessitate the provision of a fourth i land airport in addition to Croydon [Heston, and Fairlop, negotiations are lin progress for the purchase of a i suitable area at Lullingstonc, Kent. • which is about the same distance • from the centre of London as Croyi don.