COOK STRAIT AIR FREIGHT
(New Zealand Press Association) WELLINGTON, June 6.
The Railways Department is now flying 1000 tons of goods a week between the North and South Islands. Members of the Wellington Chamber of Commerce were told this to-day when they were conducted on a tour of the Cook Strait air freight service facilities by the Director of Civil Aviation (Mr E. A. Gibson). A representative of the department, Mr J. Walker, said that in the year ended March 31 last 14.000 tons of goods was flown between the two railheads. At the present rate of traffic the cargo carried this year was expected to rise to between 50,000 and 60,000 tons. Mr Gibson told the party: "This Is one of the most spectacular recent aviation developments in the world.” It was also disclosed that a fourth Commando transport aircraft of Civil Air Transport, the United States airline operating in the Far East, had arrived in New Zealand and joined the airlift of goods across the strait. Four Commandos and two Bristol Freighters are engaged.
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Press, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 26441, 7 June 1951, Page 8
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COOK STRAIT AIR FREIGHT
Press, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 26441, 7 June 1951, Page 8
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