Air Services
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Summary of Pacific Air
Services
PAPUA AND NEW GUINEA. —Regular Qantaui service from Sydney.
SOLOMON ISLANDS.—Frequent regular flying-; boat service from Sydney by Trans Oceania Airways. Qantas service also from Lae, NGE to Honiara, BSI.
NEW HEBRIDES. —Frequent regular flying-boati service from Sydney by Trans Oceanic Air-i ways. Service from Noumea by French planei runs twice weekly. Qantas plane from Sydneys to NH on alternate Tuesdays.
NORFOLK ISLAND.—Regular service from NZI 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 Oceaniol Airways.
FIJI. —Regular services from Australia by Pan.
American, BCPA and CPA (to Nadi); Aucko land by NZ National Airways (to Nadi); froira Australia by Qantas (to Laucala Bay, Suva) ( from Auckland by NZ National Airways (tod Laucala Bay, Suva). Irregular calls frorra Australia to Laucala Bay, Suva, by Tranu 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.
TAHITI. —Monthly service from Noumea by TRAPAS plane via Fiji, W. Samoa, Cook la.
DUTCH NEW GUINEA. —Regular weekly service h-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.
Sydney-Vancouver
BCPA Service
BRITISH Commonwealth Pacific Airlines, Ltd., operate a twice weekly trans-Pac:flc service from Sydney to Vancouver, via Fiji, Canton Island, Honolulu and San Francisco; and a weekly service between Auckland and Vancouver, via the same ports.
Planes leave Sydney every Wednesday and Saturday, and Vancouver on the Southbound trip every Monday and Thursday. Every fourth trip from Sydney terminates at San Francisco Instead of Vancouver.
Planes Leave Auckland every Tuesday and arrive in Vancouver the following Wednesday.
The Southbound trip to Auckland commences from Vancouver every alternate Friday. Every other Friday the service commences at San Francisco. 8.0.P.A. services make regular connections at both San Francisco and Vancouver for onward carriage, via either New York or Montreal to the United Kingdom or Europe. The through fare from Sydney to London is £325 (Aust.).
The fares for the Pacific flight are; Sydney- Nandi (Fiji), £AS7/15/- single, £AIO3/19/- re turn. Sydney-San Francisco, Seattle, Portland, Los Angeles or Vancouver, £A265/8/- single, £A477/14/- return. Auckland-Nandi (Fiji), £NZ3I single, £NZSS/16/- return. Auckland- San Francisco, Seattle, Portland, Los Angeles or Vancouver, £NZI97/2/- single, £NZ3S4/15/- re turn.
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 Thursday and Sunday for San Francisco, via Tontouta (New Cale donia), Nadi (Fiji), Canton Island and Hono lulu.
The return flights are made from San Francisco every Tuesday, Saturday, via Honolulu, Canton Island, Nadi and Tontouta; and from Seattle every Tuesday, via Portland, Honolulu, Canton Island, Nadi and Tontouta.
Planes leave Auckland every Thursday and Sunday, and fly via Nadi, Canton Island and Honolulu to San Francisco. They leave San Fran cisco for Auckland every Tuesday and Saturday by the same route. Fares, in Australian cur rency, 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
'T'ASMAN Empire Airways, Ltd., operate a flying-boat service between Rose Bay, Sydney, and Mechanics Bay, Auckland, with a
fleet of four new Solent flying-boats each with a capacity for 45 passengers, in seven self contained cabins on two decks. Full fresh-cooked meals are served en route.
Flying-boats depart from Sydney at 11.00 p.m. daily and from Auckland at 11.15 a.m. daily except Sunday. The average crossing time is 6V 2 hours. An extra service departs from Auck land at 10 a.m. on Saturdays.
Fares: £35 (A), £2B (NZ), single; £63 (A), £5O/8/- (NZ), return.
Passenger reservations may be made in Aus tralia at any office or agency of Qantas Empire Airways (General Agents), offices of TAA and all leading travel agents. In New Zealand book through TEAL (Auckland and Wellington) or any leading travel agents.
KLM Dutch New Guinea
Service
K.L.M. Royal Dutch Airlines run a regular weekly sefvice from Batavia to Dutch New Guinea, via Sourabaya, Makassar and Ambon, on the following schedule: Batavia dep. Sundays
at 10.30 a.m., Biak Island arr. Mondays at 4.40 p.m.; dep. Tuesdays at 6 a.m., Hollandia arr. Tuesdays at 8.10 a.m. On the return Journey the aircraft leaves Hollandia at 9 a.m. on Tuesdays: Biak Island arr. 11.10 a.m., dep.
Sydney-Seattle .. £ s. d. £ s. d.
Single. 265 10 0 £ s. d £ s. d.
Return. 477 18 0
Sydney-’Prisco
265 10 0 477 18 0 Sydney-Fiji 58 0 0 104 8 0 Sydney-Honolulu . .. 217 15 0 391 19 0 Auckland-Seattle . .. 246 5 0 443 5 0 Auckland-Honolulu 199 0 0 358 4 0
Auckland-Flji
39 0 0 70 4 0 Auckland-’Frisco . .. 246 5 0 443 5 0
12.15 p.m. on Tuesdays; and Batavia arr. 6 p.m. on Wednesdays.
The aircraft used are C. 475, a type of DC-3, and the single fares are Batavia-Biak Island £A80; Batavia-Hollandia £A9I/15/-; and Blak Island-Hollandla £AII/15/-. Return fares, double single.
New Caledonia-
New Hebrides
TRAPAS (French Air Line) operates a service between Noumea and the New Hebrides The plane leaves Noumea every alternate Tues*
day, and flies direct to Vila and Santo, amn returns. Return fare for the journey, Noumeas Santo, is approximately £42 Australian.
France-1 ndo-Ch ina-
Aust.—N. Caledonia
'T'HE French national airways, Air Prance, 9 1 runs a fortnightly service between Parisi and New Caledonia, and return. Stops are madel at Cairo. Karachi. Calcutta. Saigon, Bataviar Darwin, Brisbane.
DC4 Skymasters are used in the service betf ween Saigon and New Caledonia, Lockheeo Constellations between Saigon-Paris. and Mesa sageries Maritimes are agents in Australia.
Fare between Brisbane and Tontouta (Noumeaa are £3O/12/6 single, £55/2/6 return.
Tontouta, £37/10/- single, £63/17/6 return.
Sydney—Queensland—
New Guinea:
Q.E.A., Ltd., operate regular services bea tween Sydney and Port Moresby, Lae, Flnschri hafen. Madang, Rabaul. Bulolo and Wau, vif Brisbane, Rockhampton, Townsville and Cairnsi This service is known as the ‘ Bird of Parae dise” Service and DC4 Skymasters and DC3 aircraft are used.
Skymaster aircraft leave Sydney every Tuesday and Saturday at 8.30 p.m. and, making a nighi flight, calling at Brisbane, arrive at Port Moresbd the following morning at 7.30 a.m. and at Las at 9.50 a.m. The return flight departs Lae aa 8 a.m. on Thursdays and Mondays, arriving aa Port Moresby at 9.20 a.m., Brisbane at 5.30 p.mr and Sydney at 9.45 p.m. on the same days.
DC3 aircraft leave Sydney every Mondajn Wednesday and Friday at 8.15 a.m. for Laej calling at Brisbane, Rockhampton, Townsvillel Cairns. Port Moresby and Lae. An overnlghi stop is made at Townsville and Port Moresbd is reached at 11.10 a.m.. and Lae at 1 p.irn the day after leaving Sydney.
Return trips are made from Lae to Sydnee (calling at the same intermediate ports as oo the northbound journey) each Wednesday Saturday and Sunday. The aircraft departs Lae at 5.45 a.m. and reaches Sydney at 10.15 p.rm the same day.
The plane that reaches Lae from Sydney oik Tuesdays later that afternoon flies on to Bulolol and Wau and returns to Lae.
The plane that reaches Lae from Sydney oo Thursday flies on to Rabaul on Friday, vlh Pinschhafen, returning to Lae the same after* noon.
The plane that reaches Lae from Sydney oo Saturday at 1 p.m. flies on to Madang, rer turning to Lae the same afternoon.
Bookings may be made at Qantas offices as any of the towns named. At present, berths an/ available only to passengers holding official pets mits to visit Papua or New Guinea.
QANTAS subsidiary services in
Papua-New Guinea-Solomons
Qantas Empire Airways run the following sub sidiary services in Papua, New Guinea, and British Solomons:— A Douglas DCS leaves Lae. New Guinea, every Thursday, and flies to Rabaul, and Kavieng, and returns to Lae; but every alternate Thurs day the plane goes on from Kavieng to Manus, and returns via Kavieng to Rabaul (overnight i and returns to Lae on the Friday morning.
Every Wednesday a plane flies from Lae to Madang and Wewak, and thence, vTa Madang to Rabaul. It returns from Rabaul to Lae on Thursday. This service Is primarily for the carriage of native labour to and from Wewak. and Europeans travelling on this service are always advised of the fact.
Every alternate Monday, a Qantas Catalina flies from Port Moresby, westward to Daru, via Yule Island, Kerema, Kikorl, Lake Kutubu and Lake Murray, remaining overnight at Kikori and returning to PM next morning.
Every alternate Wednesday, a Qantas Catalina flies from Port Moresby eastward (dep. 9 a.m.) and calls at Abau and Samarai before flying out to the Archipelagoes in the afternoon. Calls are made at Esa’ala and Losuia (where an over night stop is made), and the following day (alternate Thursdays) at Deboyne Lagoon, before returning to Port Moresby, via Samarai 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 Jacqulnot Bay, and returns to Rabaul; and next morning (Thursday) it re turns from Rabaul direct to Port Moresby. (Optional calls are made at Inus and Lenden hafen.) 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. This service calls at Vellalavella and Renard each alternate trip.
Every Tuesday and Friday a plane leaves Port Moresby at 7.30 a.m., reaches Kokoda at 8.35 a.m., flies on to Higatura (Popendetta) at 8.55
a.m., and leaves again for Port Moresby at 9.5 a.m., reaching there at 10.15 a.m.
Sydney-Lord Howe Is.-
Norfofk Is.
QANTAS, Sydney, run a Sandringham 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. Pare, £22 single; £39/12/- return. (For Norfolk Island, see also under NZ National Airways. For Lord Howe, see also under TOA.)
Sydney-New Hebrides
QANTAS operate a service to the New Hebrides with Sandringham flying-boats calling at Noumea, Port Vila and Espiritu Santo. Frequent non-scheduled flights are made, subject to the approval of the Governments concerned.
NZ National Airways
South Pacific Services
'T'HE Pacific services run by the New Zealand)!
A National Airways Corporation are at* follows:
Auckland-Norfolk Island-Fiji-Tonga-I
Western Samoa-Cook Islands: A “Douglas”'
airliner leaves Whenuapai, Auckland, on alter nate Tuesdays at 9 am. (August 8, 22 ,S etc.) for Norfolk Island (arr. 12.55 p.m.; dep!!c 2 p.m.), Nadi (arr. 8.40 p.m., dep. 5.40 a.m.r Thursday), Nausori (arr. 6.25 a.m., dep. 7.3031 a m ), Tonga (arr. 10.50 a.m., dep. 11.50 a.m.), ( •Faleolo, Western Samoa (arr. 4.5 p.m. Wednes-; day, dep. 8 a.m. Thursday), Aitutaki, Cookd Islands (arr. 1.50 p.m. Thursday, dep. 2 503' p.m.), Rarotonga, Cook Is. (arr. 4.5 p.m.).
The aircraft departs from Rarotonga on the*, return journey on alternate Saturdays*' (August 12, 26, etc.), at 8 a.m. for Aitutaki (arr - 9.15 a.m., dep. 10 a.m.), Faleolo, W. Samoas 'arr. 3.15 p.m., dep. 8 a.m. Sunday), *Tongaa (arr. 10.55 a.m. Monday, dep. 11.50 am.),( Nausori (arr. 2.40 p.m., dep. 3.40 p.m.), Nadll (arr. 4.25 p.m., dep. 5 a.m. Tuesday), Is. (arr. 10.55 a.m., dep. 12 noon), Whenuapai,.
Auckland (arr. 4.50 p.m.), •Crosses International Date Line.
Auckland-Norfolk Island: A “Douglas”"
airliner leaves Whenuapai, Auckland, every Sun day at 8.15 a.m. for Norfolk Island (arr. 12.100 p.m.), and departs on the return flight at 1.100 p.m., arriving at Whenuapai at 6 p.m.
FARES, single (in NZ currency): Auckland too Norfolk. £l4; to Fiji, £3l; to Tonga, £31;: to Samoa, £34; to Aitutaki. £39; to Raro tonga, £39/10/-. Norfolk to Fiji, £l9. Fiji too Tonga. £B/15/-; to Samoa. £l3; to Aitutaki,, £29/15/-; to Rarotonga. £3l. Samoa to Raro tonga. £l7/15/-; to Aitutaki, £l6/10/-...
Return fares, less 10 per cent.
BOOKING OFFICES; WeUington, Govt. Llfee Bldg.. Customhouse Quay; Auckland. Airways a Rouse, Customs St.; Dunedin, 8-10 Manses St.; Christchurch, 104 Gloucester St.; Gis borne. 74 Peel st.; Palmerston North,, 107 Broadway Ave.; Hamilton, 8 Alma St,; Newv Plymouth, Grand Central Building, EgmontJ St.; Blenheim, 13 Queen St.; Hokitika, South side Airport: Norfolk Is., Burns Philp, Ltd.;; Fiji, NAC at Nadi and Suva; Burns Philp. .
Lautoka; Tonga, Mrs. F. F. Melhose,.
Fou-amotu Airfield; W. Samoa, Burns Philp (SS)..
Ltd., Apia; Cook Is., Mrs. P. McVeagh, Aitutaki, , and Mr. J. D. Campbell. Rarotonga.
TOA Services
TRANS Oceanic Airways run the following « Pacific services:— SYDNEY-LORD HOWE IS.: A regular fort nightly service with large four-engine flying- boats from Rose Bay. Fare: £l2 single; £2l/10/- return. Free baggage allowance 50 lb.
Excess baggage and freight rate Bd. per lb.
Sydney-New Hebrides: A Regular
service with large four-engine flying-boats from a Sydney, via Noumea, to Vila and Esplritu l Santo (overnight stop). Fares (single and re turn): Sydney-Vila. £39/10/- and £7l/2/-;; Sydney-Santo, £42/10/- and £76/10/-; Noumea-- Vila, £lO and £18; Noumea-Santo, £l5 and £ £27. Freight: Sydney-Vila, 2/- per lb.; Sydney— Santo, 2/3.
Sydney-Solomon Islands: A Regular I
monthly service from Sydney, via New Gale- donia and New Hebrides to Tulagi and Honiara, Solomon Islands. This service is frequently ex- tended to Lingatou, in the Russell Islands, and t calls are sometimes made at Vanikoro, in the 9 Santa Cruz Group. Fares: Sydney-Tulagi- - Honiara. £55 S; £99 R. Free baggage allow ance. 60 lb.; excess baggage and freight, 3/6 8 per lb.
N. Caledonio-Tohiti
TRAPAS (Soclete Francais de Transports sc Aeriens du Pacific Sud-Noumea) runs a a monthly service from New Caledonia to Tahiti i Western Samoa (Faleolo), Cook Islands (Altu- taki) to Papeete, where it arrives at about 11.40 u a.m. two days later. One evening is spent in a Nadi and one night in Aitutaki. The plane re- •• turns by the same route in the following week..: Fare from Noumea to Papeete is 16,000 Pacific o francs single, and 28,800 return. (160 Pacific o. francs equal £1 Australian.) While the plane 9j is at Papeete it runs one round trip between n Papeete and Bora Bora.
Sydney-Noumea-Suva
THE following is the time-table of the Qantas Sandringham flying-boat:— Sydney dep. 9 p.m. alt. Tues.
Noumea arr. 6.50 a.m. alt. Wed.
Noumea dep. 7.55 a.m. alt. Wed.
Suva arr. 3 p.m. alt. Wed.
Suva dep. 6 a.m. alt. Fri.
Noumea arr. 11.05 a.m. alt. Fri.
Noumea dep. 12.10 a.m. alt. Fri.
Sydney arr. 8 p.m. alt. Fri.
Intending passengers may book through Qantas offices in Australia. Burns Philp (South Seas) Company, in Suva; and J. Brock, in Noumea.
The fares for this service in Aust. currency
CPA Sydney-Vcmcouver
Service
CANADIAN Pacific Airlines, Ltd., run a trans pacific service between Sydney and Van couver. For the present there will be one northbound and one southbound trip per fort night. Stops are made at Nadi (Fiji), Canton Island, Honolulu and San Francisco. The north bound flight commences from Sydney every alter nate Tuesday.
Four-engined, pressurised "Canadair” aircraft are used; 36 passengers can be carried and a crew of 7. Flying is done in daylight. Over night accommodation is provided at hotels In Nadi and Honolulu, which is, of course, com plimentary.
Fares are (in Australian currency: Sydney- Vancouver, San Francisco-Los Angeles and Port land-Seattle, £265/8/- single. £477/14/- return; Fiji-Vancouver. £207/8/- single, £373/7/- re turn; Sydney-Piji, £57/15/- single. £lO3/19/- re turn; Sydney-Honolulu, £217/13/- single, £391/16/- return.
Bookings may be made at the Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand, Limited, Sydney, or Melbourne; Union Steam Ship Co. of NZ, Ltd., Fiji; Canadian Pacific Airlines, Vancouver.
TEAL Flying Boat
Service
Auckland Fiji
WITH new 45 seater Solent flying-boats, Tasman Empire Airways, Limited, operate a weekly Auckland-Suva-Lambasa and return service.
Aircraft depart Mechanics’ Bay, Auckland, a half hour midnight, each Tuesday, and operate to the following time-table:— dep. Auckland .. .. 0.30 a.m. Tuesday arr. Suva 7.00 a.m. Tuesday dep. Suva 9.00 a.m. Tuesday arr. Lambasa 10.00 a.m. Tuesday dep. Lambasa .. .. noon Tuesday arr. Suva 1.00 p.m. Tuesday dep. Suva 7.00 a.m. Wednesday arr. Auckland .. .. 1.30 p.m. Wednesday Fares (Single); Auckland-Suva, £3l (NZ), £34/9/- (Fijian), £3B/15/- (Aust.); (Return): £55/16/- (NZ), £6l/19/- (Fijian), £69/15/- (Aust.).
Suva-Lambasa (Single): £4/10/- (NZ). £5 (Fijian). £5/12/6 (Aust.); (Return): £B/2/- (NZ), £9 (Fijian), £lO/2/6 (Aust.).
Reservations may be made through TEAL (New Zealand), Qantas or TAA (Australia).
NZNAC (Suva) or any leading travel agents.
Papua-NG Local
Services
JV/TANDATED Airlines, Ltd., of Lae, New Guinea, and other private operators, run air ser vices between Lae and the New Guinea mainland centres of Wau, Bulolo, Madang, Wewak, Altape, Mt Hagen. Pinschhafen. Moresby, tact anywhere in Papua or New Guinea where ‘nere is an air-strip. These planes carry pas wngers. malls and cargo on regular schedules or charter flights.
are: Single. Return.
Sydney-Noumea ... £37 10 0 £67 10 0 Sydney-Suva 55 10 0 99 18 0 Noumea-Suva 20 5 0 36 9 0