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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 March 1950Vol. XX, No. 8

Skymasters on Sydney-

p. 13 · Read in the full issue

New Guinea Service

ON March 13 Qantas Empire Airways commenced operating two of the five services per week between Sydney and New Guinea with Skymasters (Douglas DC4), On Tuesdays and Saturdays the Sky masters leave Sydney at 7.30 p.m. and Brisbane at 11.30 p.m., arriving Port Moresby the following morning at 6.20 a.m. and Lae at 9.20.

The Skymasters depart from Lae at 8 a.m. on Thursdavs and Mondays and arrive in Sydney at 9.45 p.m. the same day.

The other services—departure from Sidney on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays—will be operated as before by DC3’s.

The extension of the run from Lae to Bulolo and Wau will now be carried out by the Douglas DC3 which leaves Sydney on Mondays.