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Traffic statistics for these routes for the period Ist November, 1947, to 31st March, 1948, were—

Aircraft employed on these services were three Douglas (D.C. 3) aircraft and one Short Sunderland flying-boat. (iii) Pan-American Airways, Inc. (U.S.A.) Pan-American Airways, Inc., continued to operate its service between San Francisco and Auckland (via Honolulu, Canton Island, and Nandi) with D.C. 4 (Skymaster) aircraft. The frequency was increased to one return trip per week during the year. Traffic to and from New Zealand for the year ended 31st March, 1948, was — Hours flown .. .. .. .. .. 4,290 Miles flown .. .. .. .. .. .. 859,044 Traffic entering New Zealand — Passengers .. .. .. .. .. 1,565 Freight (lb.) .. .. .. .. .. 44,720 Mail (lb.) .. .. .. .. .. 14,842 Traffic leaving New Zealand— Passengers .. .. .. .. .. 758 Freight (lb.) .. .. '.. 21,851 Mail (lb.) .. .. .. 4,013 (iv) British Commonwealth Pacific Airlines A new service, Vancouver-Auckland (via San Francisco, Honolulu, Canton Island, and Nandi) was inaugurated during April, 1947, and was operated under contract by Australian National Airways Pty., Ltd. Skymaster (D.C. 4) aircraft were used on this service and the frequency was one return trip per fortnight. Traffic to and from New Zealand for the year ended 31st March, was— Hours flown .. .. .. .. .. 1,917 Miles flown .. .. .. .. .. .. 378,609 Traffic entering New Zealand — Passengers .. .. .. .. .. 742 Freight (lb.) .. .. .. ..47,317 Mail (lb.) .. .. .. .. .. 3,030 Traffic leaving New Zealand — Passengers .. • .. .. .. .. 232 Freight (lb.) .. .. .. .. .. 16,982 Mail (lb.) .. .. 8,192

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Service. AucklandLambasa. Auckland - Norfolk Island. AucklandBarotonga. Total. Hours flown 306 61 515 882 Miles flown 46,096 9,254 77,696 133,046 Passengers 1,104 142 1,227 2,473 Freight (lb.) 4,439 236 25,472 30,147 Mail (lb.) 6,559 201 10,097 16,857 Passenger-miles created 1,198,496 175,826 1,476,224 2,850,546 Passenger-miles used 864,894 93,862 540,753 1,499,509 Percentage of seat utilization (per cent.) 72 53 36 53 Passenger ton-miles 75,146 8,692 44,277 128,115 Excess baggage ton-miles 1,298 211 381 1,890 Preight ton-miles 2,191 70 4,847 7,108 Mail ton-miles 3,582 59 2,224 5,865 Total ton-miles created 121,611 12,533 82,259 216,403 Total ton-miles used 82,217 9,032 51,729 142,978 Percentage of aircraft utilization (per cent.) 67 72 63 66