NEW AIR SERVICE

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19661, 1 December 1933, Page 3

NEW AIR SERVICE

FORMATION UNDER WAY. By Telegraph—Press Association WELLINGTON, November 30. Plans for air services covering almost the whole of New Zealand, to be operated without a Government subsidy and for the formation of a Dominion Airways Company, were announced by Mr Wilfrid Kingsford Smith who cam* to Wellington to-day to confer with Government and other authorities in connection with the promotion of the company. His brother is sponsoring the effort. “There will be a main service from Auckland to New Plymouth, Wellington and Christchurch, and probably as far as Dunedin." Mr Kingsford Smith said, “and there will be feeder services from Gisborne and Napier down to Wellington and from the West Coast of the South Island to Christchurch. Another feeder service contemplated is one through Taranaki and South Taranaki to New Plymouth.” Mr Kingsford Smith said that his brother intended to purchase a substantial quantity of shares for himself and was prepared to act as a member of the board of directors in an advisory capacity. The services would be Inaugurated as soon as the necessary capital, of which a fair amount had been already promised, was available. It was intended to fly down one day aad back the next, and when the demand warranted it to make a daily service in both directions. The company's fleet would consist of three Wackett-Codocks and two feeder machines capable of carrying three paosengers each. It was Intended to engage New Zealand pilots for the service and. as far as possible, the ground engineering staff would be chosen from New Zealanders.