Air Transport News
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Prospects and Progress
THE report of the Maybury Committee, which is investigating ways in which the Government and municipalities can help air transport in this country, has been expected ever since Easter. It will probably he published within the next month or so, and as a result of its recommendations, the present extensive, but rather untidy, network of air lines may be co-ordinated during the slack winter season.
Within the next month the Report on the Progress of Civil Aviation for 1935 will be issued by the Air Ministry. Although the Ministry has, as yet, no power to demand statistical returns from air-transport operators, many useful figures are voluntarily given, so that a collective picture of home and overseas development is obtained.
Whitsun virtually started the summer season for our internal air lines and most of them are progressing more favourably than last year. The dozen or more air routes across the Irish Sea are all extremely busy.
The Croydon traffic barometer reads high. Continental passengers in and out of Croydon for the weeks ended May 7 to June 11 were 2,861, 2,820, 3,228, 3,224, 3,994 (including yi,Vhitsun) and 3,159 respectively. Chaster business is making splendid strides and the army co-operation flying has brought welcome revenue to charter companies.