CIVIL AIR LINES

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 86, Issue 111, 15 May 1942, Page 6

CIVIL AIR LINES

IMPORTANT WORK IN BRITAIN Rugby, May 6. Some details of the important work being done bx civil air liens in Britain ' are given by the Air Ministry news I service. An agreement providing for I I he operations of certain approved air ; services, with financial assistance from the Air Voles, came into effect on I June 27, 1940. between the Air Ministry and Associated Airways, a group of companies which includes practical-1 ' ly all the companies at present conI cerned with such services in Britain. The report on the first year of ' operations under the agreement shows j that pilots employed by Associated ; Airways flew 1,226.590 miles and car- ! t ied 46.693 passengers, 889,8981 b. of I mail, and 227,3321 b. of freight. The most popular service for pas--1 sengers was to the Isle of Man. Other | services under the management of the ■ committee were to Northern Ireland I the Hebrides, Eire, and the Scilly I Isles. All carried heavy traffic in passengers and freight. ! Though 100 per cent, regularity was not. achieved by all the services, six were so operating by June, 1941. and there was one with 97 per cent, and one with 96 per cent.—B.O.W.