Air Services
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Summary of Pacific Air
Services
PAPUA AND NEW GUlNEA.—Regular Qantas service from Sydney.
SOLOMON ISLANDS.—Frequent regular flying boat service from Sydney bv Trans Oceanic Airways. Qantas service also from Lae, NG, to Honiara, BSI.
NEW HEBRlDES.—Frequent regular flying-boat service from Sydney by Trans Oceanic Air ways. Service from Noumea by French plane runs twice weekly. Qantas plane from Sydney to NH on alternate Tuesdays.
NORFOLK ISLAND.—Regular service from NZ by NZ National Airways; from Sydney by Qantas; from Fiji by NZ National Airways.
LORD HOWE ISLAND —Regular weekly service from Sydney by Qantas and Trans Oceanic Airways.
FlJl. —Regular services from Australia by Pan American, BCPA and CPA (to Nadi); Auck
land by NZ National Airways (to Nadi); from Australia by Qantas (to Laucala Bay, Suva); from Auckland by NZ National Airways (to Laucala Bay, Suva). Irregular calls from Australia to Laucala Bay, Suva, by Trans Oceanic Airways. Regular service from Suva to Labasa by NZ National Airways.
Western Samoa, Cook Islands And
TONGA. —Regular service from Fiji by NZ National Airways.
TAHlTl.—Monthly service from Noumea by TRAPAS plane via Fiji, W. Samoa, Cook Is.
DUTCH NEW GUINEA. —Regular weekly service f*om Batavia by KLM.
AUSTRALIA-NEW ZEALAND.—ReguIar service by Tasman Empire Airways.
AUSTRALIA-NORTH AMERICA.—Regular Trans pacific services by Pan American Airways,
Bcpa And Cpa.
Europe - Indo-China - N. Caledonla.—Fort
nightly service by Air France.
NZ National Airways
South Pacific Services
THE Pacific services run by the New Zealand National Airways Corporation are as follows: —
Auckland-Laucala Bay (Suva): A “Sun
derland” flying-boat leaves Mechanics Bay, Auckland, at 10.30 p.m. each Thursday for Laucala Bay, Suva (arrives 7.10 a.m. the follow ing day).
The aircraft departs from Laucala Bay, Suva, on the return journey at 11.30 p.m. each Sunday, and arrives at Mechanics Bay, Auckland, at 8 15 a.m. the following day.
Laucala Bay (Suva)-Labasa (Vanua
LEVU): A “Sunderland” flying-boat operates this service on a charter basis. A return trip is made between Laucala Bay and Labasa each Sunday,
Auckland-Norfolk Island-Fiji-Tonga
Western Samoa-Cook Islands: A “Douglas”
airliner leaves Whenuapai, Auckland, on
Saturdays at 9 a.m. (September 17, October 15, etc.), for Norfolk Is. (arr. 12.55 p.xn., d( 2 p.m.), Nadi (arr. 8.40 p.m., dep. 5.40 a.
Monday), Nausori (arr. 6.25 a.m., dep. 7 a.m.), Tonga (arr. 10.50 a.m., dep. 11.50 a.m •Faleolo, Western Samoa (arr. 4.5 p.m. Sund£ dep. 8 a.m. Monday), Aitutaki, Cook Islands (a 1.50 p.m. Monday, dep. 2.50 p.m.), Rarotonj Cook Is. (arr. 4.5 p.m., dep. 8 a.m. Wednesda; The aircraft departs from Rarotonga on t return journey at 8 a.m. on alternate Wedm days (September 21, October 5, 17, etc.) at 8 a.i for Aitutaki (arr. 9.15 a.m,, dep. 10 a.m Faleolo, W. Samoa (arr. 3.35 p.m., dep. 8 a.
Thursday), *Tonga (arr. 10.55 a.m. Friday, d< 11.50 am.), Nausori (arr. 2.40 p.m., dep. 3 p.m.), Nadi (arr. 4.25 p.m., dep. 5 a.m. Sati day), Norfolk Is. (arr. 10.55 a.m., dep. 12 nooi Whenuapai, Auckland (arr. 4.50 p.m.). •Crosses International Date Line.
Auckland-Norfolk Island: A ‘Dough
airliner leaves Whenuapai, Auckland, every St day at 8.15 a.m. for Norfolk Island (arr. 12 p.m.), and departs on the return flight at 1 p.m., arriving at Whenuapai at 6 p.m.
PARES, single (in NZ currency): Auckland Norfolk, £l2/10/-; to Fiji, £3l; to Ton £3l; to Samoa, £34; to Aitutaki, £39; to Ra tonga, £39/10/-. Norfolk to FIJI, £l9. FIJI Tonga, £B/15/-; to Samoa, £l3; to Altuta £29/15/-; to Rarotonga, £3l. Samoa to Ra tonga, £l7/15/-; to Aitutaki, £l6/10/-; Suva Labasa, £4/10/-. Return fares, less 10 per ce BOOKING OFFICES; Wellington, Govt. I Bldg., Customhouse Quay; Auckland, Airwi House, Customs St.; Dunedin, 8-10 Mai St.; Christchurch, 104 Gloucester St.; C borne, 74 Peel St.; Palmerston Nor 107 Broadway Ave.; Hamilton, 8 Alma J Rotorua, Airport Bid., Fenton St.; New I mouth, Grand Central Building, Egmont !
Hokitika, Southside Airport; Norfolk Is., Bu Philp, Ltd.; Fiji, NAC at Nadi and Su Burns Philp, Labasa and Lautoka; Tonga, F. P, Melhose, Fou-amotu Airfield; W. Sam Burns Philp (SS), Ltd., Apia; Cook Is., Mrs.
McVeagh, Aitutaki, and Mr. J, D. Campt Rarotonga.
CPA Sydney-Vancouver
Service
C CANADIAN Pacific Airlines, Ltd., run a trans- A Pacific service between Sydney and Van souver. For the present there will be one lorthbound and one southbound trip per fort ilght. Stops are made at Nadi (Fiji). Canton sland, Honolulu and San Francisco. The north »ound flight commences from Sydney every alter late Tuesday.
Pour-engined, pressurised "Canadair” aircraft ,re used: 36 passengers can be carried and , crew of six. Flying is done in daylight. Over light accommodation is provided at hotels in fadi and Honolulu, which Is, of course, com limentary.
Fares are (in Australian currency): Sydney ancouver, £305/17/- single, £550 return; Fiji ancouver, £227/5/- single, £4OB/10/- return; ydney-Fiji, £54/19/- single. £9B/17/- return.
Bookings may be made at the Union Steam hip Company of New Zealand, Limited, Sydney, r Melbourne: Union Steam Ship Co. of NZ, Ltd., 1J1; Canadian Pacific Airlines, Vancouver.
iydney-Voncouver
BCPA Service
BRITISH Commonwealth Pacific Airlines, Ltd., J operate a twice weekly trans-Paciflc service •om Sydney to Vancouver, via Fiji, Canton Hand, Honolulu and San Francisco; and a eekly service between Auckland and Vancouver, la the same ports.
Planes leave Sydney every Wednesday and aturday, and Vancouver on the Southbound •ip every Monday and Thursday. Every fourth ■ip from Sydney terminates at San Francisco istead of Vancouver.
Planes leave Auckland every Tuesday and rrlve in Vancouver the following Wednesday, he Southbound trip to Auckland commences ■om Vancouver every alternate Friday. Every ther Friday the service commences at San rancisco.
B.C.P.A. services make regular connections at )th San Francisco and Vancouver for onward irriage, via either New York or Montreal to
the United Kingdom or Europe. The through fare from Sydney to London is £325 (Aust.).
Fares are (in Australian currency): Sydney- San Francisco, £285/15/- single and £514/6/return; Auckland-Vancouver, £283/1/- single - Auckland-Nadi (Fiji), £3B/17/-; Sydney-Nadi’ £54/19/-; Sydney-Vancouver, £305/17/- single’ £550 return.
Douglas DC6 aircraft carrying 48 passengers (seated) or 37 passengers (in sleepers) and a crew of nine are used on the service.
Pan-American—
Trans-Pacific Service
PAN-AMERICAN World Airways clippers now provide the following services in the South Pacific, using DC4 planes, equipped with Sleep erettes: — Planes leave Sydney Monday and Friday for San Francisco, via Tontouta (New Cale donia), Nadi (Fiji), Canton Island and Hono lulu.
The return flights are made from San Francisco every Thursday, via Honolulu, Canton Island, Nadi and Tontouta; and from Seattle every Monday, via Portland, Honolulu, Canton Island, Nadi and Tontouta.
Planes leave Auckland every Wednesday, and fly via Nadi, Canton Island and Honolulu to San Francisco. They leave San Francisco for Auckland every Saturday by the same route.
Fares, in Australian currency, are:—
(Time-tables and fares subject to alteration without notice.) To convert to FIJI currency, reduce above each kilogram of excess.
Free baggage allowance is 30 kilos per person.
Excess baggage at 1 per cent, of single fare for figures by about 10 per cent.
Trans-Tasman Service
Sydney—Auckland
TASMAN Empire Airways, Ltd., operate a flying-boat service between Rose Bay, Sydney, and Mechanics Bay, Auckland. Large flying-boats, capable of carrying 30 passengers, are employed. The trip is comfortable, and takes approximately 8 hours.
Flying-boats now depart Sydney and Auckland daily.
This service will be supplemented by Charter Services operated by DC4 and DC6 aircraft.
Fares; £35 (A) (£2B NZ currency) single; £63 (A) (£5O/8/- NZ currency) return.
Bookings may be made at Tasman Empire Airways in Auckland and at Qantas Empire Air ways, Carrington Street, Sydney.
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Single. Return.
Sydney-Seattle .. .. £285 15 0 £514 6 0 Sydney-’Prlsco .. .. 285 15 0 514 6 0 Sydney-Piji 54 19 0 98 17 0 Sydney-Honolulu . .. 238 8 0 429 0 0 Auckland-Seattle . .. 262 19 0 473 14 0 Auckland-Honolulu . . 215 13 0 387 19 0 Auckland-Plji 38 17 0 69 IS' 0 Auckland-San. Fran. . 207 3 0 372 16 0
Sydney —Queensland —
New Guinea
"VANTAB Empire Airways, Ltd., employing 2 DC3 planes, operate a regular service etween Sydney, Port Moresby, Lae, Flnschhafen, [adang, Rabaul, Bulolo and Wau. and return ia Brisbane, Rockhampton, Townsville and aims.
This service is now known as the "Bird of aradlse” Service. DC3 aircraft, carrying 19 issengers, are usea.
Planes leave Sydney on Mondays, Tuesdays, r ednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 9 a.m., id arrive at Lae at 1 p.m. on Tuesdays, Wed esdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays, he plane which leaves Sydney on Wednesday id arrives at Lae on Thursday then goes on to abaul. It returns on Friday. The plane, hich arrives at Lae on Tuesdays, then goes on i Madang, returning to Lae the same day.
The plane, which arrives at Lae at 1 p.m. on 'ednesdays, flies on to Bulolo and Wau on 'ednesday afternoons, and returns to Lae.
Planes leave Lae at 5.45 a.m. on Wednesdays, lursdays, Saturdays, Sundays and Mon lys, and arrive in Sydney at 10.15 p.m., accom ishing the Lae-Sydney run in a day.
The return plane from Rabaul leaves at 1.30 m. on Fridays.
Bookings may be made at Qantas offices at ly of the towns named. At present, berths are rallable only to passengers holding official per ils to visit Papua or New Guinea.
Antas Subsidiary Services In
Papua-New Guinea-Solomons
Qantas Empire Airways run the following sub diary services in Papua, New Guinea, and ritish Solomons: — A Douglas DCS leaves Lae every Wednesday, ednesday, and flies to Rabaul, and Kavieng, id flies to Rabaul, and Kavieng, and returns i Lae; but every alternate Wednesday the plane jes on from Kavieng to Manus, and returns a Kavieng to Rabaul (overnight) and returns i Lae on the Thursday morning.
Every alternate Monday, a Qantas Catalina es from Port Moresby, westward to Daru, via ale Island, Kerema, Kikori, Lake Kutubu and ake Murray, remaining overnight at Kikori id returning to PM next morning.
Every alternate Wednesday, a Qantas Cata la flies from Port Moresby, eastward to imarai, via Abau and Milne Bay; and every
second trip (that is, every fourth Wednesday) the plane remains overnight at Samarai, and on the following day (Thursday) flies out over the archipelagoes, calls at Esa’ala, Kiriwina, Woodlark and Deboyne Lagoon, and returns to PM, via Samarai, Milne Bay and Abau.
Every alternate Monday, a Qantas Catalina leaves Port Moresby for Rabaul, via Moewe Har bour, and Talasea (New Britain); next morning (Tuesday) it flies to Buka, Kieta and Buin (Bougainville) and returns to Rabaul; next morning (Wednesday) it flies to Talasea, Moewe Harbour and Jacquinot Bay, and returns to Rabaul; and next morning (Thursday) it re turns from Rabaul direct to Port Moresby.
Every alternate Monday a Qantas Douglas flies from Lae to Rabaul, and continues on to Honiara (British Solomon Islands), via Torokina; remains overnight at Honiara: and returns to Lae the following day (Tuesday), via Torokina and Rabaul.
Sydney-Noumea-Suva
THE following Is the time-table of the Qantas flying-boat:— Sydney dep. 9 p.m. alt. Tue*.
Noumea arr. 7 a.m. alt. Wed.
Noumea dep. 8 a.m. ait. Wed.
Suva arr. 3 p.m. alt. Wed.
Suva dep. 6 a.m. alt. Frid.
Nouro a arr. 11 a.m. alt. Frid.
Noumaa .. .. .. dep. 12 noon alt. Frid.
Sydney arr. 8 p.m. alt. Frid.
Intending passengers may book through offices in Australia. Burns, Philp (South Seas) Company, In Suva; and T. Johnston In Noumea.
Fares: To Noumea. £35 single: £63 return.
To Suva, £52/10/- single; £94/10/- return.
Noumea-Suva, £l7/10/- single; £3l/10/- re turn.
Sydney—Lord Howe ls.-
Norfolk Is.
Q ANT AS, Sydney, run a Catalina once weekly from Sydney to Lord Howe Island. Fare, single, £l2. Return, £2l/12/-.
Qantas run a DC4 Skymaster alt. Thursdays (returning same day) from Sydney to Norfolk Island. Fare, £22 single; £39/12/- return. (For Norfolk Island, see also under NZ National Airways. For Lord Howe, see also under TOA.)
Sydney—New Hebrides
A QANTAS plane leaves Sydney for New Hebrides on alternate Tuesdays. It flies via Noumea and Port Vila to Santo, and returns.
New Caledonia-
New Hebrides
'T'RAPAS (French Air Line) operates a service A between Noumea and the New Hebrides.
The plane leaves Noumea every Tuesday, and
flies direct to Vila and Santo, and returns. Re turn fare for the journey, Noumea-Santo. is approximately £42 Australian.
N. Caledonia-Tahiti
'T'RAPAS (Societe Francais de Transports A Aeriens du Pacific Sud-Noumea) runs a monthly service from New Caledonia to Tahiti.
Departing at 8 a.m. from Noumea, every third Thursday, the plane flies via Fiji (Nadi), Western Samoa (Faleolo), Cook Islands (Aitu taki) to Papeete, where it arrives at about 11.40 a.m. two days later. One evening is spent in
Nadi and one night in Aitutaki. The plane r< turns by the same route in the following weel Fare from Noumea to Papeete is 16,000 Pacif francs single, and 28,800 return. (160 Pacif francs equal £1 Australian.) While the plar is at Papeete it runs one round trip betwee Papeete and Bora Bora.
KLM Dutch New Guinea
Service
K.L.M. Royal Dutch Airlines run a reguli weekly service from Batavia to Dutch Ne Guinea, via Sourabaya, Makassar and Ambo: on the following schedule: Batavia dep. Sunda; at 10.30 a.m., Biak Island arr. Mondays ; 4.40 p.m.; dep. Tuesdays at 6 a.m., Holland arr. Tuesdays at 8.10 a.m. On the retui journey the aircraft leaves Hollandia at 9 a.i On Tuesdays; Biak Island arr. 11.10 a.m., de 12.15 p.m. on Tuesdays; and Batavia arr. 6 p.i on Wednesdays.
The aircraft used are C. 475, a type of DC and the single fares are Batavia-Biak Islar £A80; Batavia-Hollandia £A9I/15/-; and Bi: Island-Hollandia £AII/15/-, Return fart double single.
France— I ndo-China—
N. Caledonia
r F'HE French national airways, Air Franc ■*- runs a fortnightly service between Pai and New Caledonia, and return. Stops are mai at Rome (forward journey) or Marseilles (r turn journey) Cairo, Bazra. Karachi, Calcutt Saigon. Batavia, Darwin, Brisbane.
DC4 Skymasters are used in the service.
Fare between Brisbane and Tontouta (Nc Caledonia) has been fixed, for the present £2B/19/- (Australian).
TOA Services
TRANS Oceanic Airways run the followii Pacific services:— SYDNEY-EORD HOWE IS.: A regular for nightly service with large four-engine flyin boats from Rose Bay. Fare: £ll single; £ return. Free baggage allowance 50 lb Exce baggage and freight rate 6d. per lb.
SYDNEY-NEW HEBRIDES: A regular monthly rvice with large four-engine flying-boats from dney, via Noumea (overnight stop), to Vila d Espiritu Santo. Fare: Sydney-Vila, £45; dney-Santo, £5O; Noumea-Vila. £l2/10/-, umea-Santo. £lB/15/-. Freight: Sydney-Vila, . per lb.; Sydney-Santo, 2/3.
Sydney-Solomon Islands: A Regular
mthly service from Sydney, via New Cale nia and New Hebrides to Tulagi, Solomon ands. This service is frequently extended to igatou, in the Russell Islands, and calls are netimes made at Vanikoro. in the Santa Cruz oup. Fares; Sydney-Tulagi, £65. Free bag ge allowance, 60 lb.; excess baggage and ight, 3/- per lb.