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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 August 1964Vol. 35, No. 8

Service To London

p. 135 · Read in the full issue

Soon Via Moscow

Air-lndia will start a passenger ser vice between Delhi and London, via Moscow, in October. It will be the shortest and fastest service between Delhi and London, according to Mr.

B. R. Patel, vice-chairman and general manager of Air-lndia.

As there is a time differential of 51 hours between India and Britain, the flight leaving Delhi at 10 a.m. will arrive at London at 4 p.m. the same day.

An agreement between Air-lndia and Aeroflot (the Russian airline) allows Air-lndia to operate two ser vices a week on the Bombay-Delhi- London route, with traffic rights to Moscow.