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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 June 1955Vol. XXV, No. 11

[?] ymasters to Return

p. 159 · Read in the full issue

to Lae?

From Our Own Correspondent) is understood here that the Skymaster service from Sydney dght through to Lae will re tnence about the middle of this Qantas withdrew the naster service from Lae about months ago, since when these ?r aircraft have been term ing their run at Port Moresby smaller DC3 planes have been ing the shuttle service between ;sby and Lae. le return of the Skymasters will nd on when final work can lone on improvements to the airstrip, which has been the e of the trouble. DCA opened strip to Skymasters last year Qantas wouldn’t fly in there other improvements had been len Skymasters return to Lae, will be mixed feelings among itorian travellers. Since the lasters have terminated at they have been able to cut ■al hours off the run and filers arrived in Sydney early in evening. With Lae again on schedule, Sydney ETA will no t return to around midnight— a popular time for arrival ■here in the world. the other hand, other llers —especially those On the r Side (New Guinea) missed omfort of the Skymaster flight Lae. lat is more, the fares have the same whether they lied de luxe or in the tin, vays seats of the freighter.