SHIPPING LINE FARES

Press, Volume C, Issue 29474, 28 March 1961, Page 20

SHIPPING LINE FARES

Cuts By Several Companies A reduction by as much as T cent on from Australia to the United King“oni2lM been *nnounced by 51 ° -Orient Lines, though at the same time fares in the opposite direction have been increased by between two and nine per cent, and on Pacific routes most rates have cone up five to nine per cent ’ n '* jnove comes soon after the Lloyd Triestino Line, which provides a service to Australian ports but does not call at New Zealand for passengers. decreased the fare in its liners Australia. Oceania and Neptunia. to as little as £7B from Sydney to Europe in the off-season and £99 during the season. The battle of fares which received considerable publicity some months ago when the Sitmar Line reduced offseason fares to as little as £B9 from New Zealand ports, resulted in the New Zealand Shipping Company also making a considerable reduction. The P. and 0.-Orient Lines say that the readjustments will provide a welcome reduction in tourist-class and one-class fares and are the happy result of the increasing number of Australians and New Zealanders visiting the United Kingdom and Europe. First-class fares have not been reduced. "At the same time." the company says, “because of

the steady rise in operating costs with which passenger ship-owners are continually faced, it has become neceisary to increase the outward one-class and tourist rates from the United Kingdom to Australia by amounts averaging from two per cent, to nine per cent. “It is four years since the company last increased its passenger fares.”