The return flight to the UK took 210 hours. Today, the distance between various points in India and the UK is about nine hours.
Imperial Airways was created in 1924 as the British government’s “chosen instrument of air travel” by the amalgamation of the Instone Air Line Ltd., Handley Page Air Transport Ltd., Daimler Airway, and British Marine Air Navigation Co. Ltd.
Imperial began services from London (Croydon) to European destinations and…
