Evening star., 1950-09-10


dom comes in contact with for
eign airline known as Aerovias
Guest, S. A. (The confusing rs.
A." by the way, stands for
certain type of business charter
and is as frequently used in Latin
America as Inc" is in English
language countries.) But. back to
Aerovias Guest itself: A recent
ruling by the Civil ~Aeronautics
Board has allowed the line. hith-
erto an orphan in American land
ing rights. to offer a couple OF
new routes to toy with.
Founded by Winston Guest
shortly after World War II as
a Mexican airline, the company
flies large. powerful airliners from
Mexico City to Lisbon. Portugal,
and Madrid. Spain. The planes
touch American soil only at Mi
ami, Fla. and that is the point
where Americans most likely
have encountered the name. An
other place might have been at
Kindley Field, Bermuda's airport.
But the big red and green
planes, further distinguished by
a grim eagle stretched out in
swift fight, never took on or dis
charged a passenger at Miami.
Up till now, the Office there never
seemed to do business with any
one.
Now, after q three-year battle,
Aerovias Guest planes have been
permitted to use Miami as a
gateway to and from Mexico City,
and to and from Bermuda on
flights to Continental Europe via
the Azores. The line becomes the
first to serve both Bermuda and
Mexico City on direct and non
stop routes from Miami.
Service Starts Soon-Next week
end Is expected to see the new
service established.
Reaching Bermuda from Miami
has been possible for years. but
by schedules that at times re-
quire inconvenient connections.
Even now, before Aerovias Guest
begins its non stop passenger Serv-
ice, Miamians or Miami visitors
can fly to Nassau by Pan Ameri-
can World Airways or British Over
seas Anyways planes and trans
fer to a BOAC Constellation COM
ing up from South America. en-
route to London. The Constella-
ton picks up passengers at Nassau
for Bermuda. where the plane is
serviced for the long Atlantic hop.
Aerovias Guest presently is OPP
Grating two flights a week through
Miami. without taking on or dis
charging passengers in the United
States. It is understood in Miami
that, with the new privileges, the
line will offer five flights weekly
between Miami and Mexico City.
Pan American has been flying
from Miami to Mexico for years,
but not on a direct route. Stops
are made at Havana and at Me-
rida, Mexico, where a Mexican
affiliate of Pan Am takes over for
the leg to Mexico City.
Aerovias Guest will fly the Ber-
muda- Miami water Jump in five
hours. A round-trip tariff of
$138.60 has been filed: one way,
SIT. both plus United States trans
portation tax.
Miami by Boat-Two 10000
ton liners of the cargo-passenger
type will make a stronger bid
for sea travel to Miami before the
calendars September page is
thrown away. For the first time
since before World War II, Pan
Atlantic Steamship Corp. viii
offer north-bound accommoda-
tions from Miami as well as south
bound, although different north
ern ports are involved.
The lines AZalea City and
Gateway City will sail alternately
each Friday from Baltimore and
arrive In Miami the following
Monday. Sailings from Miami
will be bound for Boston, Mass,
via Jacksonville and Georgetown,
S. c. Northbound departures will
be on Tuesdays, with arrivals in
Boston scheduled the following
Monday.
More Cruises Coming Up-Al-
ready there is long and interest
ing list of winter cruises available
for choice by early 1851 vaca-
TONERS. More can be expected to