Strong Hopes For Coral Route
(N.Z. Press Association—Copyright) SUVA. July 4. Sir Leonard Isitt, chairman of Tasman Empire Airways, Ltd., said at Suva that T.E.A.L. had every hope of continuing to operate the Coral Route from Fiji to Samoa and Tahiti with flying boats until aerodromes were available for land aircraft. Sir Leonard Isitt, who was speaking at the opening of the new T.E A.L. offices at Suva, said he could not anticipate any announcement which the New Zealand Minister of Civil Aviation might make, but it was T.E.A.L.’s “strong and pious hope that plans to continue to operate the route would come off.” Referring to what he called the “.T.E.A.L. deal,” Sir Leonard Isitt said that it was unfortunate that so much attention had been concentrated on the type of aircraft involved in the Australia-New Zealand discussions. “We did not get the type of aircraft we recomemnded. We were looking at the long-term considerations. But we got a very good aircraft,” he said.
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Press, Volume XCVII, Issue 28630, 5 July 1958, Page 11
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