Pacific Air Services

New Australia-US Services

THE first trans-Pacific flight under the reciprocal landing agreement which was signed by Australian and United States representatives on December 3. will be undertaken by Australian National Airways Pty. (on behalf of British Com monwealth Pacific Airlines) on February 23. Flights will be made thereafter at weekly intervals.

Passengers will be set down in San Francisco or Vancouver instead of only in Vancouver as at present and passengers may now also be set down in Hawaii. A small reduction in fares has been made as follows: Sydnev Vancouver, single £2I4A; return, £3BSA (this was formerly £42BA). Sydney San Francisco, single £2OOA and return £365A.

Accommodation is available for two passengers from Australia to Fiji. but not from Fiji to Australia unless the space is not needed for through passengers.

The reason for this is that on the north bound journey from Nadi (Fiii) to Can ton Island, two seats are kept vacant in order to carrv more petrol: two passen gers may therefore be accommodated from Australia to Nadi, on which hop less petrol is necessary.

The plans of Pan-American Airways are less definite: but they sent a plane from Sydney northbound on February 12, and they hope to be sending planes at weekly intervals thereafter. Pan-Ameri can aircraft call at Noumea. New Cale donia. ANA fly direct to Nadi.