HC Deb 27 April 1938 vol 335 cc133-5W
Colonel Ropner

asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air which air trans-

List of British Air Transport Companies now operating regular services between the United Kingdom and Dominion, Colonial and Foreign Countries.
Name of Company. Route served Frequency of service. Remarks.
Imperial Airways Limited. (1) Southampton-Calcutta-Singapore. Twice weekly A twice-weekly branch line is operated between Bangkok and Hong Kong via Hanoi and Fort Bayard. A supplementary land plane service is operated between Alexandria and Basra via Lydda, Rutbah and Baghdad.
(2) Southampton-Calcutta. Four times weekly inclusive of (1) above.
(3) Southampton-Kisumu-Durban. Twice weekly A once-weekly branch line is operated between Khartoum and Accra via El Obeid, Geneina, Fort Lamy, Maidu-gari, Kano and Lagos.
In connection with (3) and (4), auxiliary services are operated (a) once a week between Kisumu and Nairobi, (b) twice a week between Kisumu and Lusaka and (c) twice a week between Beira and Salisbury, Blantyre and Lusaka, (a) and (b) are operated by Wilson Airways, Limited, and (c) by Rhodesian and Nyasaland Airways, Limited.
(4) Southampton-Kisumu. Three times weekly inclusive of (3) above.
(5) London-Paris Four times daily (three on Sundays).
(6) London-Brussels-Cologne. Once daily (excluding Sundays).
(7) London-Basl e-Zurich. Once daily.
West Coast Air Ser vices, Limited. London-Bristol-Dublin. Twice daily (one on Sundays). Operated in conjunction with Aer Lingus Teoranta.
British Airways, Limited. (1)London-Ham-burg-Copenhagen-Stockholm. Once daily (excluding Sundays).
(2) London-Cologne-Hanover-Berlin Operated on alternate nights (excluding Sundays). Night mail and freight service operated in conjunction with Deutsche Lufthansa A.G.
(3) London-Paris … Six times daily (five on Sundays).
Allied Airways (Gandar Dower), Limited. Newcastle-Stavanger. Once daily (except Wednesdays and Sundays).
Air Dispatch, Limited London-Paris Once daily (except Sundays)
Wrightways, Limited London-Paris Twice daily (except Sundays).
International Air Freight, Limited. London-Amsterdam Twice daily (once on Saturdays). Mail and freight service.
NOTE.—The routes for services (1)-(4) are as provided for in the Empire Air Mail Scheme (Cmd. 5414).

port companies operate regular services between the United Kingdom and Dominion, Colonial, and foreign countries; and what routes are served and with what frequency?

Lieut.-Colonel Muirhead:

Following is the information.

List of Dominion and Foreign Air Transport Companies now operating regular services between the United Kingdom and Dominion, Colonial and Foreign Countries.
Name of Company Route served (first port overseas indicated). Frequency of Service Remarks
Aer Lingus Teoranta London-Bristol-Dublin Once daily Operated in conjuction with West Coast Air Services, Limited, services.
Air France London-Paris Five services on weekdays.
Three services on Sundays.
S.A.B.E.N.A. (1) London-Brussels Three services on week-days. Two services on Sundays Day services.
(2) London-Brussels Once nightly (excluding Sundays). Night mails and goods service.
K.L.M. (1) London-Amsterdam. *Four services on Two services on Sundays. *One service being operated alternately with A.B. Aerotransport.
(2) London Rotterdam †Twice daily (excluding Sundays) †One service being operated alternately with Ceskoslovenska Letecka Spolecnost.
Deutsche Lufthansa (1) London-Hamburg. Once daily.
(2) London-Amsterdam. Twice daily.
(3) *London-Cologne Operated on alternate week-nights (excluding Sundays). * Night mail and freight services operated to Berlin alternately with British Airways, Limited.
Swissair London-Basle Once daily.
A.B Aerotransport London-Amsterdam Operated on alternate days. Operated to Stockholm alternately with K.L.M. and included in K.L.M. services.
Ceskos1overiska Letecka Spolecnost. London-Rotterdam Operated on alternate week-days (excluding Sundays) Operated to Budapest alternately with K.L.M. and included in K.L.M. services.
Services beyond the continental ports mentioned in column 2 are not included.