Cost of Civil Flying Halved with Increase of Tonnage Lonilon, July"30.
In the course of the debate on the Air Estimates in the House of Com: mons to-day, the Secretary for Ai Sir Samuel' Hoare, said that the "India air-route ought to be to scheduled time in April, 1929, Once it was working the ext principal route would be an All-Red line from London to Capetown. He would see whether they could make a start on it before the end of the present Parliament, As regards the spread of interest in civil aviation, Sir Samuel said that light aeroplane clubs, which had. only existed two years, had a membership of 2744 members, who flew over 6,000 hours in the. first months' of 1928, 'The increase of tonnage carried by Imperial, Airways had risen 66. por cent. in the past three years, The cost of operation was' decreasing more quickly than in foreign coun: tries, "Te has fallen from 61 pence per ton a mile in 1024 to 22 pence,
making civil aviation self-supporting, Now we, ware on the Nghrond to he said-—Reuter, ens
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