BOEING PLANES

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 164, 16 July 1935, Page 8

BOEING PLANES

NOT ALLOWED BY BOARD AIR TRANSPORT SERVICES THE DECISION EXPLAINED 1 i’er Prebo Absoeialion. J WELIINGHLv, july 15. Why the ira.i.-pun L j-urmnuijun Buuio ruiused pci mission to x\ew ziuu mud Airways, i_td., lu operate serVicva " Un tiie live iJu-iiig aeiuplaiics it par ciiaseu, is e.xpuiincu in lue uCcjsiuh u± the board un too company s non lur permission to iUii a±r between Wnunguiei and Gisborne, Auckland ami Wellington, Christchurch l and Dunedin. Laet u u lust mentioned •applications were refused, out tueci'ui puny was granted a licence tu carrj on a service between Timaru and Dunedin with tiie six English machines at present [n its possession. “It will be noted, ’ ran the board's decision, “that we do not include the Doeiag machines, wiucii have not re ceiveu.tbv necessary certilicaies. \\ t lake tiie opportunity ul puinlim* oiu tiiat one of the factors the buaru muse take into account under Section 8 ui the Act m any application lor a licence is the aircrait proposed to <ae used. Ln tins case the Eueiiigs v»eie ordered so.ne mouths alter lue Act came into force un October Ji, 1U34, and even after lue board had coin iiieiiced Ine Hearing of the ’trunk’ service applications in 1 euruary lujj. The applicant was warned of tnc dan ger e-i puitiiasnig new macinncs ano a report was read in winch the controller of Civil Aviation had expiesoVd a marked lack of enthusiasm lur these aeroplanes. Tiie applicant company, lheieiuie, cannot complain if tne usv of these machines is net viewed with ravuuz at present.” The report states that the company applied to carry out regular services over three specified ruiiies. Route 1: \N iiaiigarei - Auckland - HamiitonKotoruu - Whakataue - Gisborne with an extension from Whangarei tu Russell as required. Route 2: Auckland riuiuiua - Aapicr - ALasieitun - Wellington, with permission tu call ul plates un route as required. Route a; Christchurch - iirnuiU - CromweiiQueenstown - Dunedin, with the right tu call at Roxburgh u-r Kaniuily as required. The report adds: “We uoubt if a service over either routes 1 anu 2 is desirable at present. There is no pressing need ior either str'ice, anu ihodgu. all increased facilities lor rapid travel may be desirable in some ways, other lac tors, including those mentioned above, must bis tanCn into ac'cuu..', Nu evidence or any puuiit demand which might indicate the neeu ior such a service uas been tendercu tu us. The preparation ot landing grounds and navigational iucilities oi. the intended routes should advance fuither before they arc reasonably saife for flying a regular service, and J *o attempt to do so ougiq io be maae until work on these nas made substantial progress, otherwise the result may b© disaster. If a licence were granted and the machines were rcauy it is probable that landing grounds, fur instance Rotorua, whicn is a junction ot two routes, would not be available for the service to start as planned.” With, regard to route three tnc board stales that it is mure favuuraoiy inclined to this application. Th e service proposed is in no sense a main route, and is a feeder service to the mam ones already granted licences. The board upholds the objection to the route proposed between ITmaru anu Christchurch, but is prepared lu grant the applicant a licence for the remainder uf the proposed route.