IMPERIAL AIRWAYS TIMETABLE FOR EUROPEAN ROUTES AS OF 1933

NOTAM’s

·       This is for FSX with it’s wonderful scenery, but can be flown in FS2004 as well

·       All times shown are local and include time changes.

·       Altitude 3,500 to 4,500 unless advised otherwise and Daylight Travel only.

·       Submit Pireps from Timetable (In minutes). Show return Flight with a R at the end.

·       Most stops are for Passengers and re-fuelling.

·       If Aircraft is not available, use one of your choice, but from that era.

 

  Flight No          LONDON-BRUSSELS-COLOGNE BONN-BRUSSELS-LONDON

IMP/EUR-1                 Read Down¯                                                            

                Daily                              Remarks                             Daily

ICAO   Airport

Arr.       Dep

Aircraft DH89 Rapide

Arr.      Dep.

EGLC London

            07.45¯            

 

            16.00­

EBBR Brussels

10.40    11.00¯

 

14.30    14.50­

EDDK Cologne Bonn

12.25

Return same day  à

            13.15­

                                       Return Flight Read up ­

 

  Flight No                               LONDON-PARIS-BASLE-ZURICH

IMP/EUR-2                 Read Down                                                              

                 Daily                             Remarks                               Daily                   

ICAO   Airport

 Arr.      Dep

Aircraft Handley Page W8b

 Arr.       Dep.

EGLC London

            08.00¯ 

All times are local.

15.40            ­

LFPB Paris

11.25    12.30¯

Land at le Bourget

13.00    14.00­

LFSB Basle

14.45    15.15¯

Climb to 5,500 for next leg

08.20    08.45­

LSZH Zurich

16.15   

ß Crew spends the night here

            07.30­

        Total 08hr.15min                                          Return Flight Read up ­

 

  Flight No                    LONDON-OSTEND-AMSTERDAM-HAMBURG-BERLIN

IMP/EUR-3                 Read Down¯                                                          

            Mon,Wed,Fri                    Remarks                        Tue,Thu,Sat.                              

ICAO Airport

 Arr.      Dep

AIRCRAFT Handley Page W8b

 Arr. Dep.

EGLC London

           08.15¯ 

 

16.45            ­

EBOS    Ostend 

10.25   10.45¯

 

15.40    16.00­

EHAM            Amsterdam

11.55   12.35¯

ß    Lunch at Airport    à

13.15    14.00­

EDDH   Hamburg

15.05   15.25¯

 

10.05    10.25­

EDDI    Berlin   

16.30

ß Crew spends the night here

Depart  08.00­

 Return Flight Read up  ­

 

  Flight No                               LONDON-LE TOUQUET-LONDON

IMP/EUR-4                 Read Down¯                                                            

             Sat/Sunday                     Remarks                         Sat/Sunday

ICAO   Airport

Arr.       Dep

Aircraft DH89 Rapide

Arr.      Dep.

EGLC London

            09.00¯           

 

12.30           ­

LFAT Le Touquet

Paris- La Plage

09.55            ¯

Return same day à

           10.50­

 Return Flight Read up  ­

 

  Flight No                               LONDON-GUERNSEY-LE HAVRE-LONDON

IMP/EUR-5                 Read Down¯                 Remarks                                Daily

ICAO   Airport

Arr.       Dep

DH89 Rapide

Arr.      Dep.

EGLC London

            09.15¯            

Altitude 1,500ft

            14.50­

EBBR Guernsey

12.00    13.00¯

 

Non-Stop­

EDDK Le Havre

14.00

Return same day,   ALT 2,500ftà

            14.20­

                                       Return Flight Read up ­

From the Bluegrass Imperial Team, Enjoy it!!!


 

 

 

Read Down¯                                                            

                Daily                              Remarks                          Daily

ICAO   Airport

Arr.       Dep

Aircraft Avro A10

Arr.      Dep.

EGCR Croydon

            08.00¯           

 

12.30           ­

EGCB Manchester

09.50

 

           10.50­

Read up­

 

 

EGCR    Croydon                                    AVRO A10         Sat, Sun summer only.            09.30

LFAT     La Touquet, Paris/La Plage

 

EGCR    Croydon                                    HP 42               Daily                                         10.00

LFPB     Le Bourget                                            Transfer to hotel then night train to

                                                            Brindisi, Italy

LISP     Brindisi Seaport             S-17     Connects with the Cape Town

Flight in Cairo.

Connects in Alexandria with

the Singapore flight.                              10.30

LGSP     Athens Seaport

LGAS    Crete                                                    Refuel at the refueling barge

HESP    Alexandria Seaport                                Board train to Cairo (overnight)

 

HEEM    Cairo                                        HP 42   Tue, Sat.                                               06.45

LVGZ    Gaza, Gaza Strip                                                                                                08.30

OSPR    Palmyra, Syria                                       Fuel stop

ORBS    Baghdad                                               Stop at Hotel                                        06.00

ORMM  Basra                                                    Termination of flight

 

 

            Operational statistics for the period of April 1924, to the end of May, 1928, it has flown 3,392,126 miles on its Continental and mid-east routes, and has carried 73,059 passengers and 2.715 tons of mail and merchandise.  Presently Imperial Airways are operating daily about 1,000 miles of routes between London and the Continent and a Middle East route of 1,100 miles between Cairo and Basra via Baghdad.  The latter is the first air-link of Empire to be operated on commercial lines.