Roosevelt Standard | 1943-09-30 | Page 6 | S. American Airlines Double Those in U. S

S. American Airlines Double Those in U. S. The network of airlines in the Southern Americas Is now 2Vi times greater than in the United States. Some 44 operating companies in this vast air transport system in Latin America have 750 scheduled stops, compared to 18 air carriers in the United States with 2C0 stops.' Today as the United Nations battle for production moves into remote areas of the Amazon and other places heretofore difficult of access by land or water transportation ad- ditional routes and stops are being planned and added. Total mileage of the Latin American Amer-ican airline network is 106,828 miles or 124 per cent greater than was the U. S. domestic network prior to curtailment of services due to the war, which was 47,703 .miles. In schedule frequencies Mexico City leads Latin America with the largest number of 109 scheduled arrivals ar-rivals and departures per week. Camaguey, Cuba, follows with 74.