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THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH 20, 1987.
Rapid Growth of Netherlands Breakfast
East Indies Airways
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In London, Tea In Cairo
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It was breakfast in England; tea
The start was at 415 am Only Batavia - Semarang-Sourabaya, a small group saw the take-off
Although many people are apt to Netherlands Indies and in the same subsidy returns to the treasury in refer generally to "The Dutch Air-year a five-years agreement was the form of petrol-duties, landing Imperial Airways Atlantic trial lines there are, in point of fact, made with the Netherlands Indies' fees, housing charges etc.
flying-boat Caledonia recently flew two separate companies the KL. Government, in which it was laid Operations were started
2,300 miles non stop from Sout- M. (Royal Dutch Airlines) and the down that the KNILM. should re-very moderate scale in the form of
|hampton to Alexandria în 18h. 35m KNILM. (Royal Netherlands In-ceive an annual subsidy to cover a daily service between Batavia and miles longer than the crossing of This fight several hundred dies' Airways). This misapprehen- the loss anticipated both by the Bandoeng and a similar service be the Atlantic between Ireland and sion is very largely due to the re-government and the company. This tween Batavia and Semarang. putation of the KL.M. as the oldest loss could naturally, not be accur
Newfoundland, and Caledonia air-transport company in the world ately estimated in advance. In or the following services
To-day the KNILMA operates
averaged 170 mph. for the and the world-wide fame won in the der to ensure that the government
whole of this journey with half Melbourne Air Race.
should recover as much of the sub- daily according to wet and dry of five.
Batavia-Bandoeng, twice or thrice a ton of freight as well as a crew The Royal Netherlands Indies sidy as possible, it was stipulated Airways (Koninklijke
Neder- that, should a profit be made, the Batavia-Palembang - Singapore, in Egypt landsch-Indische Luchtvaart Maat-government would receive three weedy schappij) better known by its ini-quarters of the amout
The pre- tials KNIL.M., is an independent sent Agreement, for 8 years, which daily:" company, which devotes itself to came into force on the 1st January Bataria Palembang- operate airlines in the Netherlands 1937, only provides for a subsidy Medan, weekly, Indies and to establish connections of f. 240.000 per annum. The between the Netherlands Indies and K.NLL.M. is now one of the lowest surrounding countries.
subsidised airtraffic companies in The Company was started in 1928 the world. In addition to Govern-Balikpapan-Tarakan, weekly by prominent business concerns ments share in the profits earned, having extensive interests in the more than three quarters of the LM. aircraft flew a distance of cheers of dockers.
When starting operations K.NI. At 5.45 pm she touched down in Alexandria Harbour to the about: 17,500 miles a month and 2 FLOWN MILATON MILES now the regular KNILM services The Caledonia's crew were Cap- are covering a distance of about tain W: N. Cumming, Captain A. S. 60,000 miles a month, being more Wilcockson, First Officer W. L than twice the circumference of the Garner, Wireless Operator Stocker learth
and Second Wireless Operator There are also several additional Burden. services under consideration, one of the planes being to extend the seven and was born in Edinburgh, Captain Cumming, who is thirty- present Batavia-Tarakan service to was one of the original trans- Manila via some ports of call in Canada night-mail pilots." the Philippine Islands.
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The KNILM fleet consists of liane S.A., Milan Ceskoslovenska three twin-engined Douglas DC-2 Letecka Spolecnost Prague aircraft, six triple-engined Fokkers Ceskoslovenske Stata Aerolinie, and two twin-engined De Havilland Prague-Det Danske Luftfartsel- Dragon Rapide machines.
skab A/S Copenhagen Det Norske During the eight years of its Luftfartselskap, Oslo-LOT, Pol- existence the company has carried skie Linje Lotnicze, Warsaw Ma- about 130,000 passengers and has lert, Budapest-Sabena, Brussels succeeded in maintaining 100 per Swissair, Zurich,--and as agents cent. regularity of service.
for
In addition to acting for the KL Deutsche Lufthansa A.G., Berlin M, the KNILM acts as general-Deutsche Zeppelin Beederei Gm agents in the Netherlands Indies b.H Berlin Imperial Airways for:
Ltd., London-MacRobertson-Miller A-B Aerotransport, Stockholm- Aviation Co Ltd Perth Qantas Aero 0.Y., Helsingfors Air Empire Airways Ltd., Brisbane, and France, Paris-Airlines of Austra- Australian National Airways Ltd., Ilia Ltd. Sydney Avio Linee Ita Melbourne.
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