TASMAN AIR SERVICE
IN NEAR FUTURE. OFFICIAL’S PREDICTION. Per Press Association. NEW PLYMOUTH, Oct. 5. A trans-Tasman air service would be inaugurated in the very near future, Captain E. C. Johnston indicated to an official gathering at the New Plymouth airport to-day. Captain Johnston, who is the Conimonwealth Controller of Civil Aviation, has been engaged in the air conference at AVellington and is visiting New Plymouth to inspect the airport. He said the conference’s report would be submitted to the Governments concerned, and he was not at liberty to disclose its terms, but his hearers could rest assured that the sendee would be started in the very near future. It was already overdue.
There were many difficulties, but they were not beyond the capabilities of Australian and New Zealand aviators, given proper ground organisation.
“I am convinced that the service will be a success financially,” said Captain Johnston. The two countries had a great deal in common. The citizens of both would find the service a safe and speedy means of travel, and he predicted that there would be a heavy demand for seats.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 264, 6 October 1936, Page 2
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184TASMAN AIR SERVICE Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 264, 6 October 1936, Page 2
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