S.P.A.N.Z. WANTS EARLY RULING

Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30855, 14 September 1965, Page 14

S.P.A.N.Z. WANTS EARLY RULING

(New Zeaiuwd Press Association'

WELLINGTON, September 13.

Because S.PA.N.Z. was losing £5OOO a month it urgently required exclusive rights to Rotorua services, an Auckland economist, Mr Arthur Lowe,, told the Air Services Licensing Authority today.

Mr Lowe said it was not fair to the company’s creditors to leave the airline with an uneconomic timetable indefinitely.

scheduled or non-sche-duled licences over the route sectors HamiltonNew Plymouth - NelsonChristchurch as from the I date that S.P.A.N.Z brings turbo-prop aircraft into service over the said sectors, as long as S.P.A.N.Z. is servicing the need over these sectors.” The Authority decided to adjourn to October 11, but held that it had no authority to proceed with amendments to N.A.C. licences until after the present hearing, which is concerned with S.P.A.N.Z. licences and with the application by S.P.A.N.Z. for a review of N.A.C. licences. EARLY HEARING The Authority gave an undertaking that if it held in favour of S.P.A.N.Z. it would hold the subsequent hearing as soon as possible after the required seven days’ notice. Both Mr Lowe, who has been called in by S.P.A.N.Z. as an economics adviser, and Captain R. D. Daniell, general manager of S.P.A.N.Z., gave evidence in support of an early ruling on the application. They said S.P.A.N.Z.’s timetables until February had been published. Its future was now prejudiced because lit did not know what would 1 happen in February when summer traffic began to fall ■ off.

Counsel for the airline, Mr s , a *. . s .^ c „ ors '- ,s lon§ as M. F. Chilwell, said February S.P.A.N.Z. is servicing would be the time of reckon- the need over these seeing. The summer traffic tors.’ would see the company The Authority decided to through until then, but if adjourn to October 11, but new time-tables did not start held that it had no authorin that month February would ity to proceed with amendbe the best time to liqui- ments to N.A.C. licences until date the company. after the present hearing. The authority was hearing which is concerned with a further application for an S.P.A.N.Z. licences and with adjournment because of the the application by S.P.A.N.Z. illness of counsel for N.A.C., for a review 'of N.A.C. Mr E. D. Blundell. licences. S.P.A.N.Z. agreed to the I r . D , v , IC -. n .vradjournment to October 11. i EARLv HEARING but asked the Authority to The Authority gave an declare that on that date it undertaking that if it held would consider amending in favour of S.P.A.N.Z. it N. time-tables to give would hold the subsequent effect to the following:— ; hearing as soon as possible “N.A.C. shall not stop at after the required seven days’ Taupo on its non- notice. scheduled and charter Both Mr Lowe, who has licences as long as been called in by S.P.A.N.Z. S.P.A.N.Z. is servicing the as an economics adviser, and I needs of the district. Captain R. D. Daniell general U . T . „ , . manager of S.P.A.N.Z.. gave i N.A.C. shall not stop at ev id ence j n support of an ■ Rotorua on its non- ear | y ru ij n g on the applicascheduled licence or on t j on its scheduled passenger They said S.P.A.N.Z.’s tiniemail and freight licence tables until February had between Auckland and t, een published. Its future n • as . ong 7 s was now prejudiced because S.P.A.N.Z. is serving the did not know what would needs of the Rotorua dis- > h a pp en j n February when I trict. summer traffic began to fall “N.A.C. shall not operate! off.