Three Overseas Airlines Asked To Use Harewood

Press, Volume XCVII, Issue 28524, 1 March 1958, Page 14

Three Overseas Airlines Asked To Use Harewood

Three overseas airlines flying toricks as the airline’s area sales New Zealand are being asked tomanager for the southern region use Christchurch rather than and says that Mr Harricks will Auckland as their terminal. The work “closely in the further dechairman of the City Council’s air-velopment of tourism.’’ port committee (Cr. A. R. Guth- Referring to Pan American disrey) said this yesterday. cussions with brewery interests The airlines are British Overseasin Auckland for a luxury tourist Airways, Pan American Airways, hotel, Cr. Guthrey said he was and the French Transports AeriensP re P a red to ask the Minister of Intercontinentaux, which will ih-Tourist and Health Resorts (Mr troduce heavy jet planes and the Tourist Hotel Pacific routes from 1961. S o . r P or ® ti <’? *° h 2? e • ! “ rst 7 cla ? s Christchurch was able to offer ho * e l ln Christchurch to the airlines full jet facilities now 1 ? 1 ® fOT overseas tourists If the which Auckland’s civil-military alrll "? co-operated with the corfield could riot offer, and wouldP^ nensi’ve Cr^Guthre vll6 had given “s information in pensive development, Cr. Guthrey a letter w the president of Pan S “We do not dispute that Airways (Mr Juan land has a greater population, but Guthrey said he would not Christchurch is nearer to the gao- a ccept a statement by a vice-pre-graphical centre and can offer s j dent o f p an American Airways tourists and businessmen first-class that< as far as the Americans air feeder services to any place we re concerned, Auckland > was in New Zealand and back the£} le centre of New Zealand. Geosame day,” he said. graphically and for feeder serThe “growing importance” of v j C es, Christchurch was the logiWellington and the South Island ca i centre. There was nothing unto aviation and tourism is men- usual in a country! having only tioned in a Pan American Air-one international airport, and ways press release made available countries that did have only one yesterday. The release announces such field generally had been the appointment of Mr Paul Har- placed as centrally as possible.