Regular air service between Poland and Palestine was opened yesterday morning when a commercial plane took off for Haifa via Bucharest, Athens and Rhodes. The plane carried 100,000 pieces of mail marked with a special Hebrew inscription. Passenger service is expected to begin in the Spring over the 2,000-mile route.
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