The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 30, 1947, Page 9

¥ ¥ a THE KEY WEST CITIZEN “REVOLUTION IN THE AIRWAYS”: Aerial Gateways Are On the Move ‘By E. V. AP Newsfeatures . Fla.—There is a revolution on in aviation, knows just where it will end. BOOMING GATEWAY: New York's busy LaGuardia. Airport. &- W. JONES Aerial gateways are on the move. The change is most evident at present in the Latin Ameri-' - , | troit, Houston, Los Angeles, Phil- and no One ' adelphia, San Francisco and Se- attle. Gee In addition to that, a number ef air transport companies own- can service, where domestic carriers are entering the foreign!ed in Latin America are flying *!to Miami, and have been grant- Miami once was the gateway to Latin America.” Passengers’ arrived here by plane, tain Aa - Airways clippers for points as distant as 6,500 miles to the bugjnéss was worth many millions to Mi- services performed—aircraft maintenance, south. The gatew ami in olls an hotels, food, taxis and such. That simple picture held ‘true' until late in 1946, when the Ci-! Aeronautics Authority grant-| ed certificates to a number of the -Latin dir lines. to enter American field. Easterrf Air Lines extended its New York-Miami route to San Juan, Puerto Rico. National Air Lines, flying the same domestic territory, moved its southern ter- minus to Havana. Pan American | Airways began to fly from San Juan direct to New York. The immediate result was that the transfer points for many in- ternational passengers were moved to new gateways—New York, San. Juan and Havana shared the gateway — business with Miami. That made four gateway cities instead of the pre-war one. But the changes that threw the change-planes_ picture into a state of flux didn’t end. there. New Orleans became a. §gate- way with important air schedues to Central America. National’s pus Christi became gateways to Mexico, sharing the far western itraffic with Los Angeles. | Several other lines have been ; granted certificates to operate into Latin America but have not yet inaugurated the new ser- vices—which will create new gateways. craft has made these changes possible. Pan American Airways pioneer in the Latin service, be- gan its operations in 1927 from Key West, Florida, to Havana, 90 miles across the Gulf Stream. ‘ Aircraft in those days were | limited in range and load-lift- ‘ing ability. It was necessary. to approach as close as possible to ithe destination and take off | from there. A year later slightly | better planes permitted shifting the takeoff point to Miami, and as aircraft improved the service grew. : | Today, with domestic com- panies in the Latin field, Pan American has an application be- and boarded Pan American interior —* | Technical development in air- | ed or are seeking extensions for cities in the United ‘States. None of these foreign flag | seryices operate beyond Miami at {the moment. | When they do, and should PAA be granted domestic routes, any city in the United States, no matter how deeply in the interi- or, is a potential gateway to | Latin America. | For the time being New York , and San Francisco are the trans- atlantic and transpacific gate- ways. But the Betty Jo, a mili- tary plane, recently flew non- stop from Honolulu to New York, and the Pascusan Dream- boat over-the-pole from Hono- lulu to Cairo, Egypt. What mili- tary aircraft perform today, transport planes duplicate tomor- row. What will these events mean to cities which point proudly to their status as gateways? Rear Admiral Milo F. Draemel, retired, vice president of Tem- ple Univ., Philadelphia, born at Fremont, Nebr., 63. vears ago. Your Grocer SELLS. That Good STAR * BRAND flights to Havana to Central Am. erica. National’s flights to Hav-|fore the CAA asking authority AMERICAN COFFEE ana depart from Tampa, giving|to operate fast non-stop sche- and CUBAN that Florida city a toe-hold on!dules to Baltimore, Washington, ‘ ——tTry A Found Today Oe business. Houston and Cor-'New York, Boston, Chicago, «De- -—— ~ ee © gee >» & ee ee ee ee ed tebe Seer ’ 4 ‘ 5 5 a SE 3 rrr TrrTERELURRe ee dvmveununnvvosuvunnvvnvnurvuvvvvraeactvreveacncaacvnevveceqceeeonceavcee cece ecg gneve A cee os a yu ua @ YOUR CARRIER BOY! His Future ... in the Business World! The newsvoy who delivers your paper may be starting his first million every time you drop some coins in his hand. And even if he’s never a millionaire, he will be a better business man; amore valuable member of his community when he’s grown... for the experi- ence he’s gaining now. This simple tribute is published in honor of the newsboy who brings you this paper—and in honor of every newsboy in America! Subscribe to the Key West Citizen , 25c A Week by Carrier “<AMMMMNUUUAUANOLONUUUUOOHOGUUUUUOEOENEANT | svrrvnT¥OHupU VENTOOHROUTOGUNOUUUnNEYdUveOennoTeveeaenvenevneeeoteuesueceeeapneeeU” UNNUGQAUUGNNUOONENNUAQUNENNQUUUOONGOGUONNGUAqONNGOONN sRapomscamepingpen may RM pea aed egaaaaa