Fast Road-Air Link to Europe
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THE road express carrier system of I Atlas Air Services, Ltd., and the Southend—Ostend air service of Air Charter, Ltd., have been co-ordinated; and there is now a means by which, it is claimed, goods can be delivered from Britain to the Continent within • -40 hours.
Fully comprehensive rates, which have no additional charges for Customs clearance, are stated to be "more than competitive with comparable express service transport."
The -ntw facility is known as the Trukair service, and is reputed to enable British customers to bring' their Continental deliveries into line with home distribution. It operates both ways and it is to be extended later this year.
Air Charter, Ltd., operate Bristol Mark 170 Freighter aircraft across the Channel.
The chairman of Atlas Air Services, Ltd., is Mr. R. H. Farmer and the managing director is Mr, I. K. Ambler
COMPLETE PARALYSIS NEAR
COMPLETE traffic paralysis at peak periods in heavily populated centres could not be far away, forecast Mr. FL Schofield, West Bromwich borough engirfeer and surveyor, addressing the Institution of Municipal Engineers last week.
He thought that the improvement ot local communications was more urgent than the building of motorways, but was pessimistic about the rate of progress to be made with better roads.
NO GRUBBY SCRAPS OF PAPER
APPLICANTS for increased tonnage should not produce illegible records and masses of paper in regrettable condition and expect the court to do their work for them, said Mr. J. H. B. Randolph, the new Yorkshire Deputy Licensing Authority, last week. Cases must be properly prepared, he added