The Archive · 1937

London, Dee. 23

Speeding on their way—along Empire air routes, Imperial Airways Qying-boats are carrying the biggest Christmas air-mail traMe in history.

Loads departing from and arriving in England will aggregate at least '70 tons—equivalent to nearly 5,000, Seven special seasonal services are linking England with South Africa, fand services to east of Alexandi India and "Australia are bein duplicated, while relief airliners are plying between Singapore and Brisbane.

'The two long-range boats, Cale-Jdonia and Cambria, which' made ten brilliant experimental fights between England and) America in 1987, have been pressed into service. Devoid of passenger accommodation, these two boats have a large capacity for mails. Each can carry five tons lof mails—a bigger load than any single eir craft has previously car ried—Wireless through Reuter,

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