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At the 31st March, 1950, the New Zealand National Airways Corporation fleet totalled 33 aircraft, comprising 11 Lockheed Lodestars, 1 Lockheed Electra, 11 Douglas DC-3's (including 4 freighters), 6 de Havilland Dominies, 3 de Havilland Fox Moths, and 1 Short Sunderland 111 which was used on the regional services referred to later in this Part. (2) Non-scheduled Domestic Services Non-scheduled services have not developed in New Zealand to the same extent as in other countries, where this class of operation is transporting increasing numbers of passengers and volumes of freight. The only commercial activities in this field have been provided by the New Zealand National Airways Corporation, Blackmore's Air Services, Southern Scenic Airtrips, and Rotorua Air Tourist. These operators made, in the twelve-month period, 2,821 trips, flew 1,967 hours and 242,485 miles, and carried 8,804 passengers and 672,393 lb. of freight. (3) International Services International services were provided by the following operators : Tasman Empire Airways, Ltd. New Zealand National Airways Corporation. Pan-American World Airways British Commonwealth Pacific Airlines. Tasman Empire Airways, Ltd. This company maintained a daily service between Auckland and Sydney, using Short Sandringham aircraft for the greater portion of the year, but these aircraft have now been replaced by the Short Solents, which are now providing a greater capacity on the 1,342-mile route. The scheduled service has been supplemented by aircraft of other airlines operated under charter to Tasman Empire Airways, Ltd., when backlogs of traffic have necessitated additional services.

The following is a summary of traffic statistics for Tasman Empire Airways, Ltd., for the years 1941-50, and includes services flown by other airlines under charter to Tasman Empire Airways, Ltd. :

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Year Ended, Hours Flown. Miles Flown. Passengers Carried. Freight, Including Excess Baggage. Mail. Passengermiles. Freight Tonmiles. Tonmiles. lb. j lb. 31st March, 1941 1,181 174,200 1,507 18,800 78,179 2,019,380 11,246 46,768 31st March, 1942 1,382 211,920 1,959 32,230 167,275 2,625,060 19,280 100,066 31st March, 1943 1,265 192,960 2,256 35,195 101,741 3,023,040 21,054 60,863 31st March, 1944 1,502 229,140 2,924 40,024 94,106 3,918,160 23,943 56,296 31st March, 1945 2,798 427,460 5,803 84,189 142,812 7,796,020 50,363 85,432 31st March, 1946 3,270 493,764 6,100 99,584 214,792 8,174,000 60,019 128,492 31st March, 1947 4,863 778,704 11,648 176,687 278,789 15,608,320 105,697 166,776 31st March, 1948 6,128 991,916 18,792 223,229 331,926 25,194,933 122,506 198,556 31st March, 1949 7,202 1,215,103 24,597 377,178 345,715 33,004,924 207,749 207,324 31st March, 1950 6,660 1,183,644 22,579 361,623 405.587 30,301,018 216,337 243,046