Evening star., 1922-03-07
nv HIRAM X. MoDERwELL.

Special Correspondence OF The Star and Chicago
Daily News.
PARIS, February 15.-Amertcans
are thoroughly accustomed to the
idea that people 30 up in aeroplanes
and actually come down safely. But.
perhaps, they have not realized that
this process is an everyday AFFAIR In
Europe, where one travels by aero
plane from one city to another for
the same reason that one might
travel by railroad-namely. that one
wants to get there. Except for the
postal service the United States has
left commercial aviation practically
untouched. In Europe commercial
aviation has become a comm onpiace,
almost a necessity. There are about
thirty-fice lines In regular operation,
some of them served by two or more
companies. They comprise total OF
more than 10000 miles. and In the
year just ended transported fully
see this system doubled and possibly
trebled. ..
Chief Lines In Europe.
The chief European lines now in
regular operation are: Paris to Lon
don, brussels. Rotterdam. lie Havre.
Strassburg. Nuremberg. Prague, Bres-
lau and Warsaw; London to Rotter-
dam and Brussels; Amsterdam to
London. Paris and Copenhagen; Bay
onne to Santander; Bordeaux to to
southern France to Casablance in
Africa. stopping at Barcelona ana
Tangier; Berlin to Munich. Magde-
burg, Dortmund, Koenigsburg. Dres-
don: Hamburg to Dresden. Wester-
Bremen to Wangerooge; Stuttgart to
Constance; Munich to Constance; |;
Magdeburg to Breslau: Copenhagen
to Berlin, and Malmoe, Sweden, to
Hamburg. There are also regular
lines in operation in French Guiana.
in British Kongo. in South Africa, In
Australia. China has two regular
postal lines.
These lines are all subsidized by
governments, usually to about 30 per
cent. With this support the rates
can be made fairly reasonable-not
more than double and usually SO per
cent more than the flrst-class rail-
road fare. The day when CONNER
ciaI aviation will pay dividends Is
not yet in sight.
Paris-London Popular Route.
The most popular route Is that be-
tween Paris and London. 1t was
used by nearly 10000 passengers last
year. The longest route is that from
Paris to Warsaw. The journey re-
Quires nine hours.
The passenger machines now in use
are all comfortable. and some, espe-
cially those Of Dutch make, are posi-
lively luxurious, with leather uphol-
stering. books and mirrors and writ
ing tables.
For most persons air travel, after
the first trip, is in nowise distress
ing. but rather a profound pleasure.
matter of baggage. On most routes
only about fifteen pounds OF bag
gage are carried free of each pas
senger. and overweight costs AFRO
ciously. One must necessarily snip
all but handbags by rail
notice for pleasure or for travelling.
Every now and then an American IN
Paris, intending to leave Tor inc
United States. misses his boat tram
and hires plane to eaten tnI 1,
steamer. With a mere telephone cal
$3.50, one may hire special plane to
take him from Paris to London.
Paris to Constnntinople.
The aviation lines regularly served
during 1921, forming the chief
strands of network over western
Europe. astonish the observer. who
has not previously considered the
pared with the web projected for the
next few years.
The line that now runs daily from
Paris to Prague will be extended this
spring from Prague to Bucharest.
covering Vienna, Budapest and Bel
teen hours. This will be extended
from Bucharest to Constantinople. In
point of time the Paris-ConstaRtino-
pie flight can be made in seventeen
or eighteen hours. as compared with
the five days now consumed by the
N
days necessary if one travels by the
combination land and sea route
With the new French invention for
guiding aeroplanes at night. this sin.
gle aris-Constantinople flight will
doubtless be made within one day
occupied from three to six months
on this same trip.
The Italian routes are expected to
be in operation soon. traversing the
length of the peninsula. as well as
making a flight from Naples across
Constantinople. Another .aeroplane
route will go from Nice to Tunis by
way of Sardinia and Corsica. A
French company has been formed
for regular Zeppelin flights between
Marseille and French Algeria. and and
been acquired for the purpose.
Lines will soon be in operation
Connecting Paris with the south Of
France-Toulouse and Bordeaux
whence regular lines are already In
operation across Spain to Africa.
Of Spain. from San Sebastian to
Gibraltar. A London-Berlin line is
expected this year, and the British
are working on an aeroplane route
connecting Cape Town, at the south