Air France Begins Service To New Caledonia
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CHE French national air ways, Air France, be gan a fortnightly ser ice between Paris and New aledonia on September 21. tells are made, on the for ard journey, at Rome, airo, Bazra, Karachi, Cal utta, Saigon (Indo-China), atavia (NED, Darwin, and risbane. On the return ight, Rome is omitted and stop is made at Marseilles.
This service will be of mefit to travellers between .ustiralia’s northern State id New Caledonia. Flying me between Brisbane and ontouta (New Caledonia) is ily 5h hours. The fare is :tractively low —£28/19/- in ustralian currency.
Skymaster aircraft are >ed.
Photographs show (top): Air [?]ance Skymaster at Tontouta, [?]ew Caledonia, after completion inaugural flight—PAA Sky master in background. (Lower): A [?]ort ceremony was held at the monument Tontouta airport, to commemorate the first Paris [?]umea flight in 1932.
—Photos by F. E. Dunn.