Eastern Europe Linked to Palestine

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 2, 25 September 1937, Page 13

Eastern Europe Linked to Palestine

JERUSALEM. — A step forward in Palestine's air communications was taken recently when the Polish ' 'Lot ' ' Company inaugurated its regular Poland-Palestine service. This is the first air line to connect this countrj with eastern Europe and the . first ior which Palestine is the main destination and not a stop en route to a further point. , The new service, flying. every other day, greatly cuts down the time for passengers and mail. between Palestine, and Poland. The Palestine traveller," taking. oif after breakfast from ,Tel Aviv, is able to dino the same evening in BuCharest and continue to Warsaw the next morning, arriving there in time for lunch. Another European air link was initiated recently by Ala Littoria, flying three times weekly "between . Haifa' and Brindisi in Italy. These developments, together with the Imperial Ainvays and the Dntch K. L. M. Ear East transit services, are expected to do much to make Palestine more air-minded. The popularity of aiT travel to and from Palestine may be seen in the fact that there are 35 planes a week landing at the Lydda airport. In fact, Palestine's recent aerial progress is in no small measure 'due to the provision of new landing f acilities at Lydda, within easy reach' of the main towns. The airport is still' under construction and when it is completed it is claimed it will be by far the largegt and best equipped one in the Middle East.