AVIATION AFTER WAR

Waikato Times, Volume 195, Issue 22459, 21 September 1944, Page 6

AVIATION AFTER WAR

NEW WORLD ROUTE PLANNED NEW ZEALAND LINK NEW YORK. Sept. 20 For the first time disclosing elaborate plans for linking every continent by air after the war, Pan-Ameri-can Airways announce-: that it has filed an application for two new transocean routes, as well as an extension of pre-war routes. One new route is intended to link New York and Moscow, via Labrador, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. The other is planned from Seattle to Canton, China, via Alaska, the Kuriles, Tokyo and Shanghai. The latter route would connect with another line from China to Calcutta.

The company has applied for an extension of its pre-war New York-Lisbon-London service to Paris, Geneva and Berlin, and an extension of its pre-war African line to Capetown.

Permission is also sought to add a new for* to its South Pacific route to New Zealand- This fork .Tyoyld branch off "* St Noumea and continue to Sydney, thus providing the first direct connection between. Australia and the American west coast.

The company has asked for a permanent certificate for operations between Singapore and Manila and an extension southward to Batavia.

It is planned to operate fourengined planes of an advanced type, which are expected to be twice as big as the Boeing Clippers, accommodating 100 to 150 passengers.