Not Suitable for Commercial Purposes, Say Germans Berlin, Aug. 21, The opening of the new alr line between Moscow and Prague, which 4s planned for September 1, causes the. German press. to comment. that a single glance at the map Is enough to convince anybody that the inauguration of this new service hardly due to commercial considera tions alone.
The papers point out that not only are the meteorological "conditions along the new route extremely unfavourable, but that the route itself, which follows the Carpathian moun: tains ina broad. sweep for several hundred kuo metres, is hardly suitable for commercial lying.
The plan to organize a "commer~ cial" line between Moscow and Prague dates back to 1935, when the Cuechostovakian-Soviet Russian mu-teal assistance pact was signed.
The route is about 2.500 kilometres Jong and the flight will require about 14°" hours. The director of the Czechostovakian airways is stated to have arrived at Moscow yesterday with a large staff in order to arrange dolails for the operation of the ser~ vlee—rans-Ocean Kuo' Min,
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