Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-15
AIRLINE EXPANSION
IS SET FOR APRIL |.
Capital to Profit by 10,750
Additional Flying Miles
Each 81 Hours.

One Of the greatet single expansions
| in airnail and passenger routes in the
| history of commercial aviation in the
| United States is to take effect April /,
when new schedules which will require
| 10,750 miles of additional flying each
"a hours will be added to the existing
national network.
The National Capital will benefit
from the expansion program through
the establishment of a new line from
Richmond, Va, to Jacksonville, Fla,
connecting at both points with the ex-
listing New York-Miami mail-passenger
line. The new route will cut nearly
five hours from the flying time between
the Capital and Florida.
No Additional Cost.
The expansion of service is to be I'M
dertaken at no added cost to the Post
Office Department, 1t was announced
last night. This is possible because OF
the agreement among airmail contrac-
tors, following a recent meeting at the
Post Office Department. to reduce the
rates to be paid them by the Government
for flying the mails. The agreement
involved reductions in pay totaling ap-
proximatly 100000 a year.
The reduced rates will become ef1ec-
tive April / and the saving will be par
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existing routes.
Under present schedules the operat-
ing carriers are providing 64,805 miles OF
airmail and passenger service each "a
hours under contract with the Post
ONCE Department. This does not in
clude 10000 additional miles Of exclu-
sive passenger service flown daily.
On April the amount of daily flying
by planes carrying Uncle Sans mail
- ~
Four large airmail operators are con-
cerned in the new schedules. They are
to furnish the following additional SER
vice:
National Air Transport, one round
trip between New York and Chicago;
one round trip between Cleveland and
Chicago, and two round trips between
Chicago and Kansas City, total OF
1895 additional miles daily.
Eastern Air Transport, one round trip
between Richmond and Jacksonville by
way of Raleigh, N. c., Florence, S. c.,
and Savannah, Ga, total OF 1,l66 ad-
ditional miles daily.
Trans American Airlines Corporation,
formerly the Thompson AeronautlcaI
Corporation, four round trips between
Chicago and Detroit and six round trips
between Detroit and Cleveland, 1888
miles.
Boeing Air Transport, now operating
two round trips daily between Chicago
and San Francisco. Will add an addl-
tional trip daily involving 4,060 miles.
The new services, according to w.
Irving Glover, Assistant Postmaster
General in charge of airmail, will prove
for the first time in the history of avia-
ton, a through airmail- passenger serv-
ice, with tri-motored planes, between the
Atlantic and Pacific Coasts. The west
bound schedule permits mail or passen-
gers to leave New York at am. and
arrive in San Francisco at 1:18 pm.
the next day Eastbound, the passen-
ger leaves San Francisco at 12:45 pm,
arriving in New York at 7:24 pm. the
next day.
Greatly Improved Service.
with the additional service to be
provided it will place the United States
far ahead of all European countries
combined in aifmail-passenger service, /"
the Post once Department announced.
The new schedule will provide direct
service between the National Capital
and Florida over the new route for air.
mail and passengers. The southbound
plane out Of Washington will connect
at Richmond with two planes, one go
ing south by way of Atlanta, the other
over the new cutoff. The cutoff
plane will leave Richmond at 1910
pm, arriving in Jacksonville at $40
pm. The northbound plane is to leave
Jacksonville at 800 am, arriving in
the Capital at about $40 pm.
Later as soon as work now being
undertaken by the Anyways Division,
Department Of Commerce, is completed,
night airmail service will be added over
the cutoff route. This work involves
installation of Always beacona, lighted
intermediate landing fields and other
aids to air navigation. The inter-
mediate fields have been graded and
prepared for daylight use.