TRUNK AIR LINES

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18759, 16 July 1935, Page 5

TRUNK AIR LINES

CALLING POINTS FIXED BOARD’S FINAL DECISION POSITION OF WELLINGTON (Per Press Association.) ' WELLINGTON, this day. The Transport Co-ordination Board yesterday announced its decision regarding the calling points on the two trunk air services for which, in April, licenses were granted to Union Airways and Great Pacific Airways. The decision is of first importance, in that it definitely excludes Palmerston North from the calling points for the Great Pacific service. The board refers to the question of Wellington as a point of call, and states that it does not propose to reopen the matter so long as the companies concerned comply with the conditions laid down. The decision of the board is filial. There is no provision for appeal. It is iis follows: — “In announcing its decision oil April Ip with respect to the applications for trunk air services, the Transport, Coordination Board granted licenses as under:— (1) Great Pacific Airways (N.Z.), Limited, daily service each way between Auckland and> Dunedin, with calls at New Plymouth, Wanganui, Palmerston North, Wellington, Blenheim, Christchurch, and Timaru; and (2) Union Airways (N.Z.), Limited, daily service each way between Palmerston North and Dunedin, with calls at Blenheim and Christchurch. BLENHEIM SERVICES “In the course of its decision, the board stated that it might be, under these circumstances, that Palmerston North would be sufficiently provided for by the Union Airways Company without being made a calling place for Great Pacific Airways. This can be settled later. The board has obtained written submissions from each of the above companies concerning Palmerston North as a port of call, and the board has now announced its decision excluding Palmerston North from the service proposed by Great Pacific Airways.” The board then deals with the application of New Zealand Airways, and, reverting to the question of main trunk services, continues: “At its meeting last week, the board also had before it letters from the Mayor of Wellington and the Blenheim Borough Council protesting against any proposal to exclude Wellington and Blenheim respectively from the North and South Island trunk serThe board points out that although the decision of April 11 specifically left open the question of Palmerston North being a port of call for Great Pacific Airways, the decision in respect to Wellington was a final one, and the board does not propose to reppen the matter so long as the companies concerned comply with the conditions laid down. With respect to Blenheim, the board points out that the borough will have the benefit of three services, those carried out by Union Airways, Great Pacific Airways, and Cook Strait Airways.”