COMPANY’S RECORD

Dominion, Volume 31, Issue 191, 11 May 1938, Page 12

COMPANY’S RECORD

Passengers Carried And Mileage Flown Since the inception on January 15, 1936, of the first passenger service to be flown by Union Airways, Ltd., the company’s machines have conveyed approximately 26,500 passengers without a mishap of any kind. On that diite the PalnieTston-North-Dunedin service was inaugurated with D.H. 86 express airliners. The WelliugtouAucklnnd service was opened on June 26, 1937, with three Lockheed Electra monoplanes. These machines have since carried approximately 8000 passengers -without mishap. The total mileage covered by Union Airways’ planes since the first scheduled passenger flight in January, 1936, is approximately 1,100,090. The D.H. 86 machines operated on the route between Palmerston North and Dunedin are Kotuku, Karoro and Koromako. Three Lockheed Electras were purchased in 1936, and after a number of tests had been made over the proposed routes, the regular service -was inaugurated on June 26 of the following year. Kotare (kingfisher), the plane wrecked yesterday, made tlie inaugural flight from the southern terminal, and before its departure was christened at Rongotai by the mayor of Wellington, Mr. T. C. A. Hislop. Civil aviation has made rapid progress in New Zealand, and seven regular routes are now being operated by four companies.