Railway-operated Air Services.

Aeroplanes named after famous cities on the line of route have been introduced by Railway Air Services on the Liverpool-Brighton and Plymouth-Nottingham services this season. The machines on the former service are called “City of Birmingham” and “City of Bristol.” Plymouth and Cardiff are the two cities honoured in naming the ‘planes in the other service.

The new railway-operated air-links connect Liverpool, Cardiff, Bristol, Plymouth and Southampton with each other, and the industrial Midlands with popular holiday resorts, by means of a rapid morning and afternoon service in each direction on each route. Multi-engined air liners, seating eight passengers, are employed. They are equipped with wireless, and have a cruising speed of 100 to 130 m.p.h. At Southampton the Liverpool-Brighton ‘planes make connection with other’ Railway Air Services' ‘planes for the Isle of Wight and the Channel Islands. At Liverpool there is a link with the morning air service to Blackpool and the Isle of Man. In many cases, the fares are lower than those of last year.