Salt Lake Telegram | 1928-01-01 | Page 2 | Boeing Air Line to Frisco Has Heavy Traffic

Boeing Air Air Line LineT T To 0 Frisco Has Heavy Tr Carries Carries- 36 Per Cent of 01 Air Mail Poundage of 01 U. U S S. S During 5 S Months of 01 Year Boeing Boeing- air ail transport San Francisco Francisco Fran Fian- cisco airmail a air ir mail express and passenger passenger ger gel route loute carried d 36 per cent of the entire air mail poundage transport poundage transport transported ed ea by all American lines combined combined during the first five months ot of the fiscal cal year according to figures re released released reli re- re li leased sed Satur Saturday ay by by- W. W G G. G Herron vice president in charge of traffic Air carried led both east and west on on the Boeing route during the the the- month five h period totaled pounds An Increase of 1333 1353 pounds of eastbound air airmail malt mall butof out but of San Francisco over the month ending November r 25 Is recorded and a i similar increase was h handled out of Chicago w west t s-t Some of U this is poundage was due to Christmas greeting mail mall and m more r Is expected for New Years In addition to the air m mail U and the express express which is not included in iii the above figures Boeing Air Transport carried since July 1 I passengers 60 o of whom om made mad nonstop nonstop non non- stop flights over o er the mile 1943 route a majority of m them flew be between lie lie- tween stations to 1000 mii miles s apart The 24 B Boeing ing planes planes' h have been flown Clown by 25 veteran pilots a total of about miles about 30 times around the world without mishap Satisfactory progress on the three giant 12 planes to go on the San Francisco Francisco- Chicago route about June Juno 1 I is re reported reported reported re- re ported from rom the Boeing Airplane company's factory at Seattle These ese s 's ships will go into into- operation with week end sailings from Irom both cast east and west termini and additional sailings will will- be ba added to the schedule schedule schedule sched sched- ule as the service is JS demanded It i is expected that lighting for or night flying on the route between San Francisco Francisco- and Salt Lake City will be completed in the early sum early sum mer planes will then leave San Francisco in the tho evening probably about 10 JO p. p m. m n. n Instead of Jn 1 ii the morning th thus s making the ocean to ocean schedule c in lude two t nights and and- a aday day In Instead jn- jn tead stead of two days and a night and and saving a full business day for fOI mailand mall mail malland and passengers to many manyX X points