Pacific Islands Monthly
The news magazine of the South Pacific · since 1930
Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 January 1952Vol. XXII, No. 6

To Tahiti

p. 22 · Read in the full issue

Page 2222

TEAL’s New Service Is Commenced

THE new TEAL service by Solent flying boats between Auckland and Papeete (Tahiti), via Suva (Fiji) and Aitutaki (Cook Islands) was successfully inaugurated at the end of December.

A luxuriously-appointed Solent, under veteran TEAL Captain J.

McGrane, left Auckland on Decem ber 27; spent 31 hours at Laucala Bay (Suva); re-fuelled at Aitutaki; and completed the round trip with out difficulty.

TEAL service is monthly. Tahiti Airways still runs a monthly plane Papeete-Aitutaki and return; so Tahiti now has a fortnightly air mail.

Western Samoa is disappointed at being left out of the itinerary; but TEAL explains that, anxious as it is to include a call at Apia, this cannot be done until a completely safe landing-place has been pre pared. This should not be very long.

If adequate accommodation can be provided in Suva (Fiji), Apia (Samoa) and Papeete (Tahiti), this new South Pacific service should be very popular among world tourists.

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