The British Empire continues to rank foremost as regards air route mileage in regular operation.
At the end of the year the figure for the Empire as a whole stood at 80,900 miles, and services over two-thirds of this total route mileage were operated by Dominions, Indian or Colonial companies.
The total number of aircraft registered in the Empire rose during the year from 2,899 to 3,140, while commercial pilots increased from 1,705 to nearly 2,000, private pilots from 6,783 to about 7,500 and licenced ground engineers from 2,674 to about 3,000.
Comparative figures for 1936-37, showing the distance flown and traffic carried during 1937 on all regular
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