P.A.A. Staff Leaving Fiji

Result of Mutual Servicing Agreement with A.N.A.

A REPORT reached Sydney, as we go to press, that “Pan American Air ways staff are pulling out of Nadi (Fiji airport).” It was assumed that this had a sinister significance.

Actually, it means only that the mutual servicing agreement between Pan Am erican Airways and Australian National Airways is being implemented. PAA will service ANA machines in Canton Island, Honolulu and San Francisco. ANA will service PAA machines in Fiji, Auckland and Sydney.

As a result, the meteorological, supply and mechanical staffs of PAA are leaving Fiji. When the new services are running (probably in January) PAA personnel on Fiji, Auckland and Sydney stations will comprise only a staff manager, a chief mechanic, a traffic representative and a ticket-selling staff. (See references to new Trans-Pacific services on pages 7 and 20.)