On May 1st a connected trans-European airway from Manchester to
Moscow will be opened. Arrangements have been made by the German and British Governments whereby the Daimler Hire Company in co-operation -with certain Dutch and German corporations will connect 'up various links now existing in a commercial chain involving London, Amsterdam, Bremen (or Hamburg), Berlin, Konigsberg and Moscow. Continuous flights, -stopping at all the points on the route, but without changing machines, cannot be expected for some time, since only daylight flying is to be undertaken. Were it possible,- such • a journey would probably take from twenty-eight to thirty-four hours. At present, the operators are concerned with the articulation of the various parts of the route, and will begin with short vonnecting- services once a week -between London and Berlin, stopping at Amsterdam, and Hamburg or Bremen, but without a change of machines, and three times a week between Berlin and Konigsberg, aud between Konigsberg and Moscow. Until further experiments have been made, it is impossible to give more than a very rough estimate of the flying time between the various parts of the route. In actual practice it will probably take the better part of a day to fly from Man- chester to Amsterdam, or from London to Berlin, and another day each for the other two parts of the route.
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