AIR COVERAGE
OPERATORS’ PROJECT LINKING "AUSTRALIA 19 a.m.) MELBOURNE, Feb. 8. Details of a post-war scheme for a complete air coverage of Australia have been announced by the Air Dine Operators Secretariat. The scheme provides for: Daily services between important centres; weekly services for remote and isolated areas; a minimum of seven trips daily each way between Melbourne and Sydney; a seven-hours flight between Melbourne and Perth; and a one-day flight between Melbourne and Darwin. More than 50 per cent of all country residents would thus be able to reach their nearest capital city within two hours. 30 per cent within four hours, and the remainder within six hours. The capacity of the planes would vary from 10 to 40 passengers, and freight planes would carry from 3 to 10 tons.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 21632, 8 February 1945, Page 3
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