AIRWAYS SERVICES

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 17, 18 December 1935, Page 2

AIRWAYS SERVICES

DECISIONS BY BOARD. Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, Dec. 17. The timetable for Cook Strait Airways on its service serving Wellington, Blenheim aJid Nelson is lixed in a reserved decision of the Transport Coordination Board, which had to rearrange the schedule so that it would dovetail with that of Union Airways on the Palmerston North-Dunedm run at Blenheim, enabling Wellington to be served through Blenheim. The timetable approved by the board is: - Nelson, depart 7.45 a.m.; Wellington arrive 8.40, depart 9.0; Blenheim, arrive 9.30, depart 9.40; "Wellington, arrive 10.10, depart 10.30; Nelson, arrive 11.20, depart 1.45 p.m.; Blenheim, arrive 2.30, depart 2.40; Wellington, arrive 3.10, depart 4.30; Blenheim, arrive 5.0, depart 5.10; JNelson, arrive 5.55. The timetable of Union Airways provides that a machine will leave Palmerston North on the southward flight at 8.30 a.m., arriving at Blenheim at 927 Passengers will then be able to transfer to the Cook btrait Airways machine leaving Blenheim at 9.40 for Wellington. On the northward flight the Union Airways ’plane leaves Dunedin at 11.30 a m and arrives at Blenheim at 2.30 pm! South Island passengers for Wellington will then transfer to tlie Cook Strait Airways ’plane leaving Blenheim at 2.40. The fares fixed by the board in another decision are: Nelson-Wellington, £2 ss; W r ellington-Blenheim, £1 os; Nelson-Blenheim, £1 10s. The Union Airways’ fares are : Palmerston North-Blenheim, £2 ss; Blen-heim-Christchurch, £2 15s; Christ-churcli-Dunedin, £3 10s. These fares and tho timetable will be in force till the first meeting of the board in February, when the board will sit again to review the matter.