Regular services began on 12 January 1927 using DH.66 aircraft on the Cairo to Basra route, replacing the established RAF mail flight. The service was extended to Karachi when 2 years of negotiations with the Persian authorities were successfully completed granting Imperial Airways regular overflight rights.
The first London to Karachi service departed on 30 March 1929 and took 7 days.
The route from London was by air to Basle, and then by rail to Genoa. The flight from Genoa to Alexandria was by new Short S.8 Calcutta flying boats.
After travelling by rail to Cairo passengers boarded a DH.66 to fly the Cairo to Karachi sector. The route across Europe and the Mediterranean changed many times over the next few years but almost always involved a rail journey.
Later in the year the route was extended, with a flight departing London for Delhi on 29 December 1929.
Source: Wikipedia
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