AIR SERVICES PLANNED
Auckland to Christchurch THREE 10-PASSENGER PLANES Company Being Formed in City BEFORE very long, it is understood, New Zealand will have two regular passenger air ‘services, two companies operating 10-passenger planes similar to those on the Croydon-Paris run abroad between Auckland and Christchurch, and Wellington and Christchurch, respectively. A company is in process of ) There are several new fields of formation in Auckland, and it is trade in these ventures, and one of said that much of the capital them may reasonably he expected to necessary is already raised. Three be ill the field of mails, airplanes are expected to be used It Is thought by many Auckland at first, running a daily service people that the operation of an Auckto and from Auckland, with one land-Christchurch air service would machine in reserve. have a serious effect on the railways, particularly in the South Island. If The preliminary prospectus of a each plane carried 10 passengers a company to operate a Wellington- day, it is estimated by these people Christchurch service should be that the railways would lose £30,000 shortly released. „ a year in revenue, and perhaps more.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 685, 10 June 1929, Page 11
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191AIR SERVICES PLANNED Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 685, 10 June 1929, Page 11
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