Show EXTENDING THEIR AIR ROUTES all nations making effort to develop civil aviation british observer says 1922 appears to be celal ci ilal year in the extension of commercial airways air travel popular london londom all countries are making great efforts to extend their commercial airways this year writes maj W T blake the aeronautical correspondent of the dally daily news indeed 1922 appears the crucial year for civil avi aaion in addition to new air service in england from london to Blan manchester chester and from london to ireland two new companies have been app approve rovil by the air ministry to operate continental services of these daimler hire ltd will operate between lon london don an and paris with a possible extension t to 0 switzerland whilst between london and Dr brussels the aerial routes syndicate ltd proposes to operate the instone air line and handley andley II page transport will continue their services to parts parla whilst one or the other will probably start operations on the dutch route france in addition to maintaining her present services to london brussels amsterdam czechoslovakia warsaw morocco etc has arranged to open up the route from prague to constantinople via budapest and bucharest this will he be a branch of the paris warsaw service sep ace the junction being prague A second route to constantinople also will be opened up by the company which at present operates the demice sen ice from tou louse montpelier this service will be definitely extended to marseilles and genoa and will continue to constanti nople it circumstances warrant a k further extension denmark has recently sent a mission to germany with a view to investigating ti tl the possibilities of purchasing large passenger carrying machines tor the opening up of various scandinavian nayl routes ii portugal which so far has displayed little practical interest in commercial flying le la opening up a service trout crom lisbon to paris via valladolid and bordeaux the capital of this company Is two million escudos at the normal rate of exchange about tills will of course bring london into direct aerial communication with lisbon L IS other portuguese air services contemplated are from lisbon to oporto from lisbon to madrid from lisbon to faro additional links in the european system which are being opened up by various companies will enable the aerial traveler to proceed from london to algeria via paris and marseilles and from london to morocco via parts paris toulouse and barcelona the new portuguese route wilt will give a direct service between london I 1 and lisbon and the new french service will give a direct route from london to constantinople england is already linked up by air with brussels amsterdam copenhagen and berlin so that there are now very few european capitals which cannot be reached by regular air services in ili at the outside two days air travel |