Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-10
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D. c. WITH NATIONS
. OF SOUTH AMERICA
Direct Transportation Offer
ed by New York, Rio and
Buenos Aires Lines.
SANTIAGO is BROUGHT
WITHIN 8 DAYS OF U. S.
Direct Service From Here to SO
Ports of Call, Starting in Spring,
Is Regular Schedule.

The National Capital this Spring will
be given direct air transport connection
with 16 nations and colonies of the
Americas, over the New York, Rio and
Buenos Aires lines, now operating ex-
tensively in South America, it was an
nounced today.
On February 10 the organization will
inaugurate service between Miami and
Buenos Aires, completing a total of
5000 miles OF operating airWayS. On
that date planes will leave Santiago.
Chile and Miami, 5000 miles apart. to
cut travel time to eight days between
the United States and Chile.
Offices Already Open Here.
Though service through the National
Capital will not be opened until late in
the Spring, the line already has opened
offices here, in the Washington Building,
These offices are the local headquarters
of William P. MacCracken, jr, former
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for
Aenonautics, who now is chairman of
the board and special counsel to the new
airline.
Opening of the long section of the
line between North America and South
America will climax two years of
pioneering work, which has included
the establishment of a trunk airline
over the ice-capped four-mile-hirh
Andes Mountains between Chile and
BuenoS Aires.
The line will give this city direct
service to 80 ports of call on the
regularly scheduled routes, in Cuba. the
west Indies and down the east coast
of South America.
Trade Route Is Wealthy.
The opening of the line is expected
10 De OF great Importance in stimulating
the growth OF trade and commerce he
tween the Americas. The Departnnent
OF Commerce places a $4,000. 600. O0O
trade value on the route covered bv the
ilne over this route 70 per cent of the
total world trade of Latin America is
concentrated.
The line opened its first air serv-
Ice In South America last August be-
tween BuenoS Aires, Argentina. and
MonteVideo, Uruguay. This line reduced
traVei time between the two capitals
from 10 hours by steamer to 80 minutes
py air. AT the present time three planes
are making round trips over this line
daily. Up TO January Is, 2,466 pas
sengers had been carried over the line.
IL was announced. Mail also is carried
On September / transcontinental
service was opened from Buenos Aires
to Santiago, Chile. This route is $50
miles long and passes through Upsallata
Pass, $4,000 feet high. The trip re-
quires eight hours by air, as against Al
hours by rail.
Service between Buenos Aires and
Bolivia was inaugurated over a l.099-
mile route through Central Argentina
to Yacuiba on November 81 and three
days later line was opened from
Buenos Aires to Mar del Plata, Ar
gentina.
Major Divisions Opened.
Last month the first major divisions
northward were put into operation be-
tween BuenoS Aires, Porto Allegro.
Santos and Rio de Janeiro: Rio de
Janiero and Pernambuco, Natal. Forta-
lea and Para, at the mouth of the
Amazon River.
On the first Of this month the or
ganization had 6,109 miles of airways
IN regular operation and the company
was operating 1918 miles weekly on
regular schedules.