FLYING=BOAT SERVICE
DOMINION TOWNS LINKED 1 . OPERATION TO' COMMENCE IN TWO MONTHS. A company to operate an aeroplane passenger service botwen Auckland and Wellington, and another service between, Wellington and! Invercargill, is now in the final stages of development in Auckland, and it is expected that the North Island service will commence within two months. The company, which will be known as the New Zealand Airways Boeing, Ltd., will have its headquarters at Wellington and will be financed entirely by New Zealand capital (says the Auckland correspondent of the AA anganui “Chronicle”). Arrangements for the formation of the company and the operation of the services are in, the hands of Air B. Bernard, factory representative of Boeing Aircraft of Canada, Ltd., of Vancouver (British Columbia), who is at present in Auckland. He explained that the company was asking no subsidy from the- Government, the venture being financed and organised purely by private enterprise. If, however, the Government later required the service to carry mail, it would undertake to do- so.
“New Zealand is the most admirably suited country in the world for tlie use of flying boats, and for that reason the company will use such machines solely,” said Mr Bernard. “At present there are six Boeing flying-boats already crated ready for shipment at Vancouver. British Columbia, pending the finalising of arrangements here. Tlie machines to be used are a British products manufactured in Canada.” Starting from Wellington, the North Island route will be to New Plymouth, Auckland, Gisborne and back to Wellington. In the South Island the machines will fly from Wellington to Nelson, Christchurch, .Dunedin and Invercargill, coming hack the same route. In the North Island route stops will be made at Palmerston North, Wanganui. Napier and Hastings if required. At the outset, it is proposed to make the return trip between Auckland and Wellington daily, and later to make two return trips each day, .with both freight and passengers. It is hoped to make the trip from Auckland to Wellington in three and three-quarter hours, allowing for a. 15 minutes’ stop at New Plymouth. The matter of fares has not yet been decided, hut it is proposed to charge about £lO or £l2 return from Auckland to Wellington. Each passenger will ba allowed to carry one suit case with him.
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Hawera Star, Volume L, 5 August 1930, Page 9
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383FLYING=BOAT SERVICE Hawera Star, Volume L, 5 August 1930, Page 9
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