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Appendix C.—Statistical Summary op R.N.Z.A.F. Air Transport Services, Pacific and New Zealand At 31st March, 1947, services were being operated by the R.N.Z.A.F. Air Transport over the following routes (a) External scheduled services— Route. Route Miles. Frequency. Sunderland service— Auckland-Suva .. .. .. 1,143 Once weekly. C. 47 services— Auckland-Rarotonga (via Norfolk Island-New Caledonia, Fiji-Tonga-British Samoa-U.S. Samoa-Aitutaki) 3,630 Once fortnightly, Fiji - British Samoa .. .. .. 605 Once fortnightly, Auckland - Japan .. .. .. 7,000 Once weekly. Traffic statistics for these routes for the year ended 31st March, 1947, were : —-

(b) Internal scheduled services— Route. Route Miles. .Frequency. Auckland-Christchurch .. 479 Once daily in each direction except on Sunday. Auckland-Christchurch (via Para- 505 Once daily in each direction paraumu) except on Sunday.

* Of this total, 30,885 ton/miles was carried on behalf of the New Zealand Railways. In addition, the R.N.Z.A.F. Air Transport operated a non-scheduled freight service on charter to the New Zealand Railways, C. 4-7 (Dakota) aircraft were used, travelling between Paraparaumu and Woodbourne. A total of 2,040,101 lb. of freight, representing 71,297 freight ton/miles, was carried on this service since its inception on 10th February, 1947.

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Period. Hours flown. Ton/Miles Capacity created. Ton/Miles Capacity used. Load Factor. 1946 April-June July-September October-December 1947 J anuary-March. Totals 2,353 2,410 2,291 2,056 11,151,650 11,413,175 10,281,375 9,817,340 9,774,530 8,791,160 8,310,250 9,061,445 Per Cent. 87-6 77-2 80-8 92-3 9,110 42,663,540 35,937,385 ■ 84-5 Period. Passenger Miles. Passengers, in Ton/Miles. Freight, in Ton/Miles. Mail, in Ton/Miles. 1946 April-June July-September .. October-December 1947 January-March Totals 2,368,760 1,976,540 3,246,150 2,743,970 4,841,664 3,595,540 4,938,545 5,554,730 1,514,100 2,064,715 2,571,615 2,478,165 3,418,766 3,130,905 800,090 1,028,550 10,335,420 18,930,479 8,628,595 8,378,311

Passengers carried. Hours flown. Ton/Miles Capacity created. Ton/Miles Capacity used. Load Factor. Passengermiles. Passengers, in Ton/ Miles. Freight, in Ton/ Miles. Mail, in Ton/ Miles. 49,820 4,145 1,741,000 1,415,433 Per Cent. 81-3 17,453,150 1,356,376 47,881*1 11,176