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SKEGNESS-NOTTINGHAMLEICESTER SERVICE REOPENING.
Messrs. Eastern Air Services, who last June, July and August ran a oncedaily air service between Nottingham and Skegness, advise us that they hope to reopen the service on July I, and to extend it to Leicester so soon as the Leicester Aerodrome is ready for use.
The departure from Leicester will be at 9.15 a.m., with arrival at Nottingham (ToBerton) at 9.30 a.m. and at Skegness at 10.10 a.m. The return departure from Skegness is at 7.30 pm., with arrival at Nottingham at 8.10 p.m„ and at Leicester at 8.30 p.m.
The fares will be: Leicester-Skegness 30s. single, £2 return: NottinghamSkegness 25s. single, 30s. return; Leicester-Nottingham 10s. single, 12s. 6d. return. The free baggage allowance is 25 lb, The Nottingham booking agent will be Mr. Richardson, Central Garage, Derby Road. The Leicester office has not yet been arranged. The Skegness office is at the Aerodrome, in the charge of Mr. M. D. L. Scott, the managing director.
Last year 230 passengers were conveyed from .Nottingham to ,Skegness, and 198 from Skegness to Nottingham. Skegness is a favourite seaside resort for industrial towns in the Midlands, and one of the main ideas of this firm's services is to provide day trips.
Near East Traffic Developing.
Misr-Airwork, S.A.E., Cairo, the associated company of Airwork, Ltd. (proprietor of Heston Airport), advises us that in the week to May 21, 132 singlejourney passengers were carried on the Cairo-Alexandria service, and 27 passengers on the Cairo-Palestine service. This company is rapidly developing local air services in the Near East, and Cairo is becoming prominent as a junction.
Railway Air Services Superintendent Appointed.
Wing-Comr. A. H. Measures, O.B.E., M.I.M.E., has been appointed superintendent of Railway Air Services, Ltd, On March 15 the company advertised for a manager, and it is thought that the change of title to superintendent results from a desire on the part of the company to feel its way before definitely appointing anyone to the managership. Wing-Comr. Measures retired from the R.A,F. in 1930, after long experience at home and abroad, and later joined Imperial Airways, Ltd.
Big Increases in Canadian Traffic.
The annual report of Canadian Airways, Ltd., for the year ended December 31, 1930, shows that last year the company's aeroplanes flew 1,166,434 miles as against 1,294,207 Miles' in 1932. The number of flying hours was 12,744, as against 13,776 a year earlier. Mail and other freight transported totalled 2,850,852 lb., whilst 16,942 passengers were carried, these figures representing increases of 681,000 lb. and 8,000 passengers respectively. The increases are attributed to the intense mining development undertaken last year in northern Canada.
Tobacco Traffic Affects Empire Line.
News from Southern Rhodesia of the marketing of the tobacco crop, the season for which extends from April to August, indicates that the Imperial Airways service is at present carrying quite a considerable traffic of both passengers and samples.
Mr. Thurgood's New Venture : JerseyParis Air Service.
On June 4, Jersey Airways, Ltd., commenced to run De Havilland Dragons on a new service between Jersey ancLParis, in addition to its services that link Jersey with Southampton, Portsmouth and London. The service runs every Monday and Thursday. The fares are £3 15s. single, £6 5s. return.
Mr. W. L. Thurgood, managing director and pioneer of the concern, operated The People's Motor Services, Ltd., Ware, and still has a bus-bodybuilding works in full operation in that town.
B.A.N. Co. Statistics : New Service to Continent.
The British Air Navigation Co., Ltd., reports that in May it carried 320 passengers and 9,087 lb. of baggage, and its machines flew 141 hours, covering about 19,000 miles. The month's work included 74 flights on the regular service to Le Touquet, 13 flights for the Press, and 23 private-charter flights. Last week the company made charter flights to the Isle of Man, Manchester, Doncaster, Cranwell, Brussels, York, Weymouth, Gravesend and Yeovil.
On June 23 the company will open a new daily service between Heston and Pourville. This is in addition to its service to Deauville which, as already announced, will start on July 12.
Britain's First, Air Mail Inaugurated.
The first air-mail service in Great Britain was formally inaugurated on May 29. Henceforth all the letter mail between Inverness and Orkney will be carried by Highland Airways, Ltd. .
Mr. E. E. Fresson started the passenger service on May 8, 1933, in the face of something akin to ridicule by the islanders," who now are gratified to feel that they are the pioneers of airmail development in Great Britain.. No extra fee is charged on the letters, and the service saves 1 day between London and the Orkneys. S.M.T. AIR-TRANSPORT PLANS AT LAST ANNOUNCED.
For some months we have been expecting a general statement on the air transport plans of the Scottish Motor Traction Co., Ltd., which company entered commercial aviation rather impressively at the end of 1932, and in March, 1933, ordered 14 new aeroplanes, which brought the fleet up to 20. Private-charter facilities were offered, and a good deal of local pleasure-flight work was done in 1933.
The company is now concentrating on a flying school centred at its aerodrome at Macmerry, 12 miles east of Edinburgh, on the Haddington Road. The equipment consists of De Havilland Fox Moths and Major Moths, also Avro Cadet three-seaters. Some of the original fleet have been sold to air-transport operators.
Apart from the flying school, the private-charter business is being maintained and has developed considerably. During the next few months aircraft will be stationed at centres such as Ettrick Bay, in the Isle of Bute, St. Andrews, Dundee, etc.
It would appear from this statement that the idea of seriously entering air transport has, for the time being, at any rate, been abandoned.
A Complete Airway Timetable.
An interesting development is a complete airway timetable produced by the experts responsible during the past five years for the Roadway Timetable, Roadway Publications, Ltd., Polebrook House, Golden Square, London, W.1. The new publication is issued monthly at 3d.
The services of 32 companies are shown, of which nine operate entirely within the British Isles. The 24-hourclock system is used throughout the table, and maps of the air routes in Britain and the Continent facilitate working out through-communications. There are 405 tables of services.
Spithead Ferry: Another Remarkable Week.
In the week ended May 31, Portsmouth, Southsea and Isle of Wight Aviation, Ltd., carried no fewer than 603 single-journey passengers on its Spithead air ferry between Portsmouth, Eyrie and Shanklin. This is about the same number as was carried during Easter week, and two-thirds of the figure for Whitsun week. Charter flights were made to Paris, Poole, Weymouth, Southampton, Heston and Croydon.
New Egyptian Air-mail Schedule.
The Egyptian Postmaster-General has introduced a new air-mail schedule on a 10-gramme basis, which is expected to stimulate the use of the air services for letters.