Minister defends flights
PA Wellington : j The Minister of Transport. Mr Jeffries, has IdeTended the new agreement which gives Air fjlew Zealand direct flights from Sydney to hlorth America. |i I |i ; The agreement allows Air New Zealand ||ltwoflights a, week to North America through Sydney, and Qantas three flights through Auckland toijGah-
ada or the United j States. Air New’ Zealand has been reported as [Spying it considers it gotj lithe | thin end of the wedge.|| i • The airline's public affairs manager, i |Mr j Ken Norton, said on Mondaj’ evening that Air |Nelw| Zealand should have) had access to Cairns anyway and the agreement | did| not compensate fori jmijssing out on the extra flight each weekj|j j I |i the
‘Dominion” reported lyeserda'y.. I But Mr Jeffries said in i | statement that I the agreement was a biglstep forward in air| travel for . the region. ; ’j ; | •. Once agreement with North. American Governnients was obtained, the new flights would give Air New Zeaihnd lan opportunity to tap] into the lucrative’ tourist | and travel market between
Australia and the : United States. . j ,’ “New Zealand can now take part in the [Pacific I rirrV travel circuit I including! Japan. South feast Asia, Australia and North | America,” he said! I : “For the first time, ijlew Zealand’s national carrier can offer the triangle | service to tourists arid ji’usi•j ness travellers between North America, Australia ! and New Zealand.” ||
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