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New Zealand National Airways Corporation

New Zealand National Airways Corporation continued to operate services in the south-west Pacific over the following routes :

Traffic statistics for these routes for the year ended 31st March, 1950, were :

A Short Sunderland flying-boat was used on the Auckland-Suva-Labasa route, the remaining services being operated by Douglas DC-3 landplanes. In addition to the scheduled services referred to above, the Corporation carried out three charter flights in the Pacific. On these trips, which involved 46 flying hours and covered 7,037 miles, 58 passengers and 1,266 lb. of freight were carried. Pan-American World Airways (Inc.), U.S.A. Pan-American World Airways continues to operate its service between San Francisco and Auckland (via Honolulu, Canton Island, and Nadi) with DC-4 (Skymaster) aircraft. Two return trips per week continued to be operated up to 12th April, 1949, when the frequency reverted to one return trip weekly.

Traffic carried by this operator is shown in the following table :

In its San Francisco - Auckland operations P.A.W.A. flew 3,694 hours and covered 770,266 miles. British Commonwealth Pacific Airlines The service between Vancouver and Auckland (via San Francisco, Honolulu, Canton Island, and Nadi) continued to be operated by British Commonwealth Pacific Airlines. DC-6 aircraft were used with a frequency of one return trip per week.

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Route No. Route. Route Miles. Frequency. 1 2 3 Auckland-Suva-Labasa Auckland — Norfolk Island Auckland — Norfolk Island — Nadi— Nausori—Tonga—Fale olo—Ait utaki— Raro tonga 1,453 661 3,820 One return trip weekly. One return trip weekly. One return trip fortnightly.

Service. AucklandLabasa. Auckland - Norfolk Island. AucklandRarotonga. Total. Hours flown Miles flown Passengers Freight (lb.) Mail (lb.) 962 150,572 Not availab' 444 68,744 le for individi Not available Not available 1,312 198,315 ual services 2,718 417,631 6,336 82,028 24,642

— Entering New Zealand. Leaving New Zealand. Total. Passengers Freight (lb.) Mail (lb.) 903 40,229 21,378 704 77,426 1,355 1,607 117,655 22,733