The Government agree with the! Committee's recommendations on the! site for an Empire. flying-boat base is to be selected and without delay. The Air afinistry is actively engaged in considering alternative sites, including Portsmouth and Southampton, following the de: tlsion of the Portsmouth City Coun. il last November not to proceed with the Langstone harbour scheme.
Arrangements for Customs clearance at aerodromes will be reviewed.
imperial Airways have. intimated that they fully" agree with the rex commendation that personal contact Between employer "and employee should be supplemented by collective representation, The report has a number of appendlees, including one analyzing the Subsidies paid over, several years to berlain Buropean air transport componies.
This shows that the subsidy received by Imperial Airways in 1937 Tepresented 23.8 per cent, of its total receipts, compared with 65.6 per cent. in the case of Air France, 424 per cent for the Deutsche Lufthansa, $43 per cent. for Sabera, and 67.8 per cent. for Ala Littoria, The subsidy ff Imperial Airways per ton per mile in 1937—one shilling und 5.72—was also lower than that for Air France, Deutsche Lufthansa, Sabena or the Acre Transport of Sweden.—Reuter,
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