Huge Flying-Boats

May Be Used On Pacific Routes

IN spite of recent events in Pacific aviation, it is possible that that region has not seen the last of flying-boats.

It is believed that BOAC is con sidering a new trans-Pacific service with giant turbo-jet Princess class flying-boats, capable of carrying 2GO and with a range of 5,000 miles.

The route that BOAC has in mind would be from the UK across the Atlantic to Bermuda, then to Mexico, Central Pacific islands to Auckland and Sydney. The Pacific part of the route would be much the same as that surveyed by Captain P. G.

Taylor (now Sir Gordon Taylor) for the RAF during the war. It is understood that Papeete would be a port of call. i

Disagreement Over Nadi's

3rd Runway

IT is believed that there is a high level dispute between Australia on the one hand, and Britain and New Zealand on the other, on the question of a third run-way for Nadi, Fiji’s international air-port.

The third run-way at Nadi has occupied the minds of British Com monwealth air experts for several years. The only public announce ment that was made after the July meeting of the South Pacific Air Transport Council in Melbourne m July was that “no finality had been reached.” .

It is believed that Australia wants to build the third run-way, at a cost of £A500,000; but that NZ and the UK claim that 2,000 ft hills 10 miles from the airport would make the approach to it dangerous. .