Hawaii-Tahiti
p. 29 · Read in the full issue
Air
Service In 1954
WHEN Captain Bryan Monkton returned to Sydney from Honolulu on June 22, he stated that South Pacific Airlines, of which he is a director, will not commence the new service between Honolulu and Tahiti via Christmas Island before the end of the year.
The new company recently bought two Solent flying boats from Trans Oceanic Airways, which has gone out of business; and Tahiti, eager to develop new tourist traffic with United States, had hoped that the new air service would have operated this year. But the promoters appear to be leaving nothing to chance, and refuse to “rush” the important work of establishing landing and fuelling stations.