Sydney Air Route
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Lae Back on Direct Sydney Air Route
QANTAS Sydney office announced early in July that DC4 aircraft on the Sydney-New Guinea ser vice would resume the Port Moresby- Lae sector, discontinued last August when pilots held that Lae airport was unfit for aircraft larger than the DCS. Passengers for Lae have since transhipped at Port Moresby to DCS’s for that sector, while the Department of Civil Aviation has carried out work on the Lae air strip.
Following pressure from Samarai residents, Qantas is instituting a better service with Catalinas, and will now make three return flights every four weeks instead of the pre sent fortnightly service. Though the fortnightly service has been adequate for passengers it has meant a slow clearance of mails, with ship cargoes sometimes held in bond awaiting the mailed documents.