Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-12
Ludington Schedule Changed
to Permit Service for
Atlantic City.
POSTAL HEADS STUDY
EXTENSION TO NORFOLK
Eastern Air Transport Will Add
Daily Round Trip to Greens.
boro, N. c., Next Monday.

Growth of air transport service out
OF the National Capital, which last year
exceeded similar development any,
where in the world, is continuing, with
two new expansions scheduled to be
made Saturday and one on Monday.
The airmail line between this city
and Pittsburgh, resulting in an increase
OF passenger schedules to three round
trips day, was established four days
ago. Passenger service already has in
creased more than 200 per cent be-
tween Washington and Pittsburgh
The Pittsburgh line, is being flown
by Pennsylvania Airlines, Is an extern
sion Of the airnail line this company
has flown for years between Pittsburgh
and Cleveland
Schedule Is Advanced.
Tomorrow the Ludington Line, ope-
rating hourly service between this city
and New York, will move up its firsI
daily flight from to am. in both di.
rections and will open an hourly sery-
ice between Philadelphia and Atlantic
City. 1t also is arranging new trans
portation schedules between Newark
Airport and New York.
On Monday, Eastern Air Transport.
which recently inaugurated airmail and
passenger service on a new coastal route
from Richmond to Jacksonville, con
meeting with the line through the Cap
1tal. Will increase its passenger service
between Washington and Greensboro,
N. G, by one round trip day.
The Ludington Line Atlantic CITY
service will be flown on hourly SEIZED
ules, connecting with every plane our
OF washington and New York on the
present line.
A newcomer to the local air transport
field is the Richmond washington.
New York Airline, put into operation
by Richmond Air Transport to fill In
gaps In the schedules now maintained
between Washington and Richmond, Va,
passengers are transferred to New Yorb
planes at Washington Hoover Airport.
Buy Dixie Interest.
officials of the Ludington Line. it il
understood, have acquired an active in
terest in the Dixie Flying Service line
from Washington to Charlottesville. Va
and are extending the service to White
Sulphur Springs. w. Va, and Ho;
Springs, Va. The use of tri-motored
planes on this line, to replace the sim
gle-motored ships now used is being
considered.
The fate of the proposed Washing
ton-Norfolk airmail and passenger line
Is in the hands of the Post Office De-
partment, which has not yet announced
any decision, though funds for the new
line are to become available, July l.
Original plans called for establish
ment of this line from Washington to
Norfolk as continuation of the
CleYeland-PittSburg washington line.
The Department of Commerce, in ac-
cordance with these plans. has con-
structed lighted airway from Wash
ington to Norfolk, with beacons every
10 miles and three lighted intermediate
landing fields. These facilities are idle
awaiting the Inauguration of mail serv-
ice.
1t is understood. however. that postal
officials are considering a change of
plans which will call for establish
ment of mail service from Richmond
to Norfolk, making connection with
Washington by way of the present
Eastern Air Transport line.