AIRLINES OF N.Z.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 76, 29 October 1941, Page 6

AIRLINES OF N.Z.

REGULARITY OF SERVICES I I H il l STAI IS I'M S I OK UAH \ I \R DEMANDS OI MAII. AND FREIGHT Wellington, This Day. I'li. internal airlines of New Zealand • -ve run a full day after day scrv e and aNo tin Wan Tasman service high as anywhere ilie world without sacrifice of the • sic principle of safety first. Fl'ght stair h. for the half-year to 301 h September show : Taman 100 per cent. YVellington- \ - 100 per cent.; WellingtonDuiudin 9‘> 2 per rent ; Cook Strait •ru i by Union Airways Lockheeds), j 99 per cent. Demands el mail and freight which take up a greater proportion of the i tot.il wi lght »'t the carrying capacity of the Mymg-boats have lessened the number of passengers that can be ferried over the Tasman, and even had a j'dn. " boat that would have been runI nine had not the war needs intervened, j boon ni service, the passenger demand ct uld not have been overtaken Only 343 pas engers could be carried in the six lonths against 1010 in the preceding s’x months Mail wont up from 7 ' 88 1 691 b, and freight from 1 15.425 t,. 19.236! b. On one flight only ! two passengers could be carried. Tin* great increase in mail and freight .is due to soldiers' letters and gift ■ * Middle I Fa-i and Singapore. The main.trunk .ervice having been increased from :x t" ten trips a week last November : the figures naturally for the past six mouths are higher than the previous -i\ Passengers on the WellingtonAuekland .-ervice were .3140. mail 23.6.34 ib. freight 68501 b. Wellington-Duncdm. •eessongers 3302. mail 27.7451 b, freight 7157!b Cook Strait, passengers 12.734. mar 11.4451 b. freight 63.9381 b.—P A