Evening Star Newspaper, September 13, 1936, Page 9

AIR TRAFFIC MARK 1S SET IN JULY Bureau of Air Commerce Cites More Than 100,- 000 Passengers Carried. On the occasion of the visit of the civil aviation chiefs of the Latin- American governments and Canada to the United States. torattend the National Air Races in Los Angeles, last week, the Department of Com- merce took the opportunity of calling attention to the fact that, in the month of July, for the first time, in our aviation history, the total of pas- sengers carried in one month passed the figure of 100,000. It also announced that, on un basls of passenger miles covered the air- way traffic of the United States has grown until it is now nearly six times as large a5 it was in 1929. American air lines now carry more pussengers annually than all the rest of the world combined, as well as two-fifths of the world total of air mail and ex- press. According to figures of the bureau THE SUNDAY: STAR, WASHINGTON, D. of Alr Commerce recently released to the public, in 1934, 462,000 pas- sengers were carried on American air lines while, in 1935, 747,000 were carried. This year the bureau esti- mates more than 900,000 passengers will be carried. Gains Attributed to Safety. Gains in the volume of sir travel are attributed by officials of the De- partment of Commerce to the greater safety, lessened cost and increased comfort made possible by improve- ments in equipment and the devei~ opments in landing and what is known as blind flying. Moreover, safety in air transport is now much greater than ever before. During the last decade the number of American airplants in operation has increased three times, the number of miles flown by commercial and private fllers together has increased four times, annual airmail' poundage, 17 times, while the number of pas- sengers carried by recognized air lines is 156 times as great as 10 years ago. Eighteen private services, cov- ering more than 3,700 miles of pas- senger routes, have increased to 109. Nearly half of the population of the United States and three-fourths of all the large population centers are now served directly by air lines. It is true that, while the record is s0 bright in this respect, there have been drawbacks. When the Postmaster General eanceled the airmail contracts : C'. & couple of years ago, and renewed them at greatly reduced rates, there was inevitably a temporary setback, while manufacturing plants were, of course, affected by the general depres- sion in spite of the increase in travel. The Bureau of Alr Commerce tells us that, while, in 1929, the production of sirplane manufacturers was valued at $91,000,000, by 1932 this had dropped by nearly two-thirds. Subject to Federal Control. The entire field of aviation is now subject to Federal control. (Jovern- ment assistance, aside from support offered for the airmall, has been pri- marily in the development of 22,000 miles of airways lighted -and equipped with radio service. The vided for navigation. Prediction as Commerce SEPTEMBER 13, 1936—PART ONE.’ Department explains that these factli-" ties are given on the same basis that lighthouses and other-aids are pro- passengers sure is still unsolved. (Copyright, 1936.) to - future "develop- ments in air navigation is particularly difficult, but air commerce officials believe that, during the next few years, there will be noteworthy expan- sion of flying across both the Atlantic snd Pacific. In fact, inauguration of & regular passenger schedule from San Francisco to Manila and from Manila to the Aslatic mainland may come this year. British and Americon air serv- ices on regular schedule scross the North Atlantic are expected next year. ‘The experts are even visualizing fiy- ing in the stratosphere. 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