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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Greek Delegation.
Geneva, April 4th, 1932.
1. Civil aviation is under the Department of Civil Aviation of the Air Ministry.
In addition to the Administrative Service it comprises the following sections :
Air Communications Section with Bureau of Private Aviation and Propaganda j
Section of Statistics, Information, Contracts and Conventions ;
Airports Section ;
Air Navigation and Cartographical Section.
The Technical Service is common to military and civil aviation, as are the Accountancy,
Wireless and Meteorological Services.
2. The national air lines are operated by a limited company with a capital of
28,500,000 dr. entitled Greek Air Communications Company. Sixty per cent of the capital
must be held by Greek subjects, otherwise the concession will be annulled. The company
has concluded a contract with the Government for a period of fifteen years entitling it
to operate certain lines within Greek territory and others outside the national territory.
The company is administered by an Administrative Board and is managed by a
Director-General. A technical adviser from the Junkers factories is at the Company s
disposal for a period of two years.
The company is subsidised by the Government on the basis of the number of kilometres
travelled. The subsidy per kilometre is revised every four years on the basis of the
expenditure and receipts of the last two years of each four-year period. The specifications
for aeroplanes are laid down by the Air Ministry, as well as the maximum and minimum
number of flights which may be effected each year.
Technical supervision is exercised in the airports by Government employees. Financial
supervision is exercised at the end of each year by officials of the Department of Civil
Aviation.
The Company utilises the Government airports on payment of certain fees m respect
of landing and sojourn. The lines at present operated are the following :
Athens - Salonika and vice-versa, daily service in both directions throughout
the year except on Sundays ;
Athens - Agrinion - Janina and vice-versa, daily service in summer and three
times a week in winter in each direction.
3. At present no national undertaking operates air lines outside the national
territory. The following foreign companies operate international lines with stations in
Greek territory :
Aeroespresso : 1.
2.
Air-Orient : 3.
Imperial Airways : 4.
5.
K. L. M. : 6.
Aeroput : 7.
Lot : 8.
Line Brindisi - Patras - Athens - Mitylene - Constantinople.
Line Athens - Syra - Rhodes.
Line Marseilles - Corfu- -Athens - Indochina.
Line London - Athens - British India.
Line London - Athens - Crete - South Africa.
Line Amsterdam - Athens - Java (Netherlands Indies).
Line Salonica - Belgrade - Vienna.
Line Salonica - Sofia - Bucharest - Warsaw - Danzig.
Proposals have also been put forward by other foreign companies whose lines have
not yet begun to operate.
4. No flying is at present done in Greece by private persons.
The following organisations have been formed to support the efforts of private persons
to organise private flying for sporting purposes :
(1) Central Aeronautical Committee of Greece, under the auspices of the Air
Ministry, under whose authority the private organisations are placed ;
(2) Aero-Club of Greece ;
Air League of Athens ;
Air League of Salonica (Friends of the Air) ;
Air League of Piraeus ;
Air League of Corfu ;
Air League of Janina ;
Air League of Larissa :
Air League of Volo ;
Air League of Agrinion.