PACIFIC FLYING

New Zealand Herald, Volume 82, Issue 25179, 17 April 1945, Page 7

PACIFIC FLYING

INTEKEST OF CANADA

COMMONWEALTH SERVICES tP-A.) WELLINGTON, Monday

At present visiting the Dominion at the invitation of the Government is Mr J. A. Wilson, director of Canadian Air Services and one of the leading Canadian Government officials. Mr \\ ilsoii headed the Canadian delegation at the .British Commonwealth air conlerence at Montreal and the international discussions which followed at Chicago'.' The main object of his visit is to discuss plans for the establishment of British Commonwealth air services in the Pacific.

"Canada is very greatly interested in her share of Pacific aviation and I think we will be actively interested very soon," said Mr Wilson. Land planes would be used, following the now wellestablished Pacific route, to New Zealand, with calls at Honolulu, Canton and Fiji. Mr Wilson added that possibly this would go on to Australia, possibly not, for although there was agreement in general principle about Pacific flying much still had to be discussed and determined about calling-places and the paralleling, or sharing, or dividing of main services into sections.

Whether Canadian planes would fly direct from Vancouver to Honolulu, the keypoint in ail Pacific air routes, or would fly down the Pacific coast to a Californian airfield, so shortening the first and longest Pacific stage from 2700 to 2400 miles, was also not yet determined, said Mr Wilson.