AIR SERVICES

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19671, 13 December 1933, Page 6

AIR SERVICES

TIMETABLES AND ROUTES TENTATIVE PROPOSALS By Telegraph—Press Association AUCKLAND, December 12. A tentative timetable for the routes to be covered by the proposed national air service which is being inaugurated by Dominion Airways Ltd. is announced by Mr Wilfred Kingsford Smith. The main route is planned from Auckland to Dunedin. The journey will commence in Auckland in the morning and finish at the southern city in the afternoon. It is proposed to fly four return trips weekly, and later on to increase this to a daily sendee. The approximate times of departure from the principal air ports are:— Auckland to New Plymouth—Leave 8 a.m. New Plymouth to Wellington—Leave 9.30 a.m.. arriving 11 a.m. Wellington to Christchurch —Leave 12.30 p.m. Christchurch to Dunedin—Leave 2 p.m., arriving 3.45 p.m. There will also be a second route connecting Auckland with the east coast and finishing through Wellington at Nelson. This service will be flown twice weekly, and will be increased if there is a demand for an extension. The towns definitely included in the timetable, subject to the intermediate grounds being suitable, with times, are as follows: Auckland to Hamilton —Leave 8 a.m. Hamilton to Rotorua —Leave 8.30 a.m. Rotorua to Gisborne—Leave 9 a.m. Gisborne to Napier—Leave 10 a.m. Napier to Wellington—Leave 11 a.m. arriving at 12.30 p.m. Wellington to Nelson—Leave 2 p.m. arriving at 2.45 p.m. Conditional places where passengers can be set down or picked up on this route as required wall be Dannevirke and Palmerston North. It is proposed, subject to satisfactory tests, to use four Wackett-Codock monoplanes, of which three will be in constant use and one kept in reserve.