CO129-550-3 Empire Air Mail Services- cost of participation to be exempted from assessment for military contributions... 19-10-1934 - 17-1-1935 — Page 25

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(To Kenya,

Uganda and Tanganyika.

(To Northern

Rhodesia and Nyasaland.

3.

It will be seen that the scheme would provide for

a minimum frequency of services between London and Kisumu of

three per week, of which two would be continued to South

Africa. There would also be a corresponding frequency of

services in the reverse direction. The South African

services would be operated, via Juba, Masindi Port, Kampala

(Port Bell), Kisumu, Mombasa, Dar es Salaam and Lindi to

Durban, with large flying boats capable of meeting the full

mail requirements and also of carrying a substantial

Similar machines would be

complement of passengers. employed on the additional service terminating at Kisumu.

It will also be seen that it is proposed that

arrangements should be made to continue, through the medium of a company or companies associated with Imperial Airways, the existing inland service from Nairobi to Johannesburg and to operate feeder services from Beira to Nyasaland and Northern and Southern Rhodesia, so that all the East and Central African dependencies should be assured of an air

connection with the main trunk services.

The normal cruising speed of the aircraft employed on the trunk services would be 130 miles per hour, but with

considerable extension of night flying facilities the journey schedules should progressively fall to 2 days approximately as between London and Kisumu with proportionate savings for the journey to Durban.

3. It will be seen that the scheme would provide for a minimum frequency of services between London and Kisumu

of three per week, of which two would be continued to

There would also be a corresponding

South Africa.

frequency