Armament > Air Commission : collection of replies to the questionnaires concerning the organisation of national civilian forces (document Conf. D./C.A.6 - March 18th, 1932) (document Conf. D./C.A.7 - March 22nd, 1932)

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Operating
company
A6ropostale
Air-Orient
CHSTA
Soci4te Gene-
rale de Trans¬
ports Aeriens
Share capital
45,000,000
French francs
22,400,000
French francs
8,250,000
French francs
40,000,000
French francs
Lines
Toulouse-Casablanca
Casablanca - Dakar -
Natal - Eio de Jane¬
iro - Buenos Ayres -
Santiago de Chile
Marseilles-Barcelona
Marseilles - Baghdad
Saigon
Paris - Istambul
Prague - Warsaw
Belgrade - Sofia -
Istambul
Paris - Basle - Zurich
Paris - Brussels -
Amsterdam
Paris - Cologne -
Berlin
Paris - Saarbruck -
Frankfort - Leipzig-
Hamburg
Brussels - Essen -
Hamburg - Copen¬
hagen - Malmo
Observations
In connection with the Tou¬
louse - Casablanca line at
Barcelona.
By seaplane as far as Beirut
Summer only
Jointly with the Swissair Com¬
pany (summer only)
Jointly with the Dutch Com¬
pany K.L.M.
Jointly with the Deutsche
Luft-Hansa
Jointly with the Deutsche
Luft-Hansa (summer only)
Jointly with the Belgian Com¬
pany S.A.B.E.N.A. In con¬
nection with the Paris-Brus-
sels-Amsterdam line at
Brussels (summer only)
4. On April 1st, 1932, 245 private persons owning 245 touring aeroplanes carried
on flying as a sport and for touring purposes. Sixty-two clubs possess approximately
200 touring aeroplanes. They teach flying, carry out tours and take part in competitions.
5 (a). Subsidies are granted by the French Government to the French air companies
in proportion to the useful tonnage carried, the commercial speed achieved, and the difficulties
of the routes served.
(b) Subsidies are granted on the following conditions to national organisations and
individuals in the form of allowances for the purchase and upkeep of aircraft :
Any organisation (club) or person wishing to obtain an allowance must undertake
to use the aircraft thus purchased for purposes of touring or personal transport only.
The allowances may only be granted for the purchase and upkeep of machines
constructed in France and of a type less than six years old.
In the case of private individuals, Government assistance may only be obtained for
a single machine.
No person receiving remuneration from an air undertaking may obtain an allowance
for the purchase or upkeep of a machine of the same type as those manufactured by the
undertaking to which he belongs.
The amount of the allowances granted is calculated as follows :
Purchase Allowance. — The purchase allowance comprises : a fixed sum ; a useful load
bonus based on the number of passengers carried with a radius of action of 300 kilometres;
a horse-power bonus in respect of new engines constructed in France, on the basis of their
horse-power ; a special bonus for machines of metallic construction.
Note. — As regards seaplanes and amphibian apparatus, no purchase allowance is
granted in respect of single-seaters.