§ Captain ERSKINE-BOLSTasked the Under-Secretary of State for Air what commercial air services are operated by the Union o1 Socialist Soviet Republics, and how many aircraft and pilots are employed in operating these services at the present time?
§ Sir P. SASSOONI have no information as to the number of pilots and aircraft employed in connection with commercial air services operated by the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics nor as to which services are operated during the winter months. The following list gives the services which have been operated this year:
Civil Air Services in the Union, of Socialist Soviet Republics.
(1) Operated by All Union Combine of Civil Aviation:
Moscow-Sverdlovsk-Omsk-Novosibirsk-Irkutsk-Khabarovsk-Vladivostok, with branches as follows:
- Sverdlovsk-Obdorsk.
- Sverdlovsk-Magnitogorsk.
- Omsk-Semipalatinsk-Bakhti.
- Novosibirsk-Stalinsk.
Country. Pilots employed by regular air transport companies at the end of 1931. Passengers carried during 1931. Passengers carried during 1931 per pilot employed. Great Britain … … 35 23,484 671 France … … 135 32,700 242 Germany … … 160 98,167 614 Italy … … 61 33,650 552 Holland … … 23 11,628 506 These figures take no account of the mileage flown per passenger.