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Eastern Samoa Air Service

WHEN Pan American Airw some time ago announced f intention to operate an appn mately monthly non-scheduled J service through Tafuna Airp Tutuila, Eastern Samoa, it understood that the service w<\ be a diversion from the non trans-Pacific route, Tafuna be substituted for Canton Island! these particular flights.

According to an October nouncement from Honolulu it seems likely that the company instead operate a shuttle Skymss service from Nadi, just as they operate a shuttle service to Auckd from Nadi.

The Honolulu report says that!

US Civil Aeronautics Board authorised the company to ope a scheduled monthly service • DC4’s.

It appears also that when ! originally applied for rights to into Tafuna, South Pacific Air!-] of Honolulu, preparing to o mence operations to Tahiti, lo<c an appeal with the USCAB thsi PAA’s application be granted, they should no longer be permi to also serve Canton Island.

From this is would appear South Pacific Airlines perhaps tended flying from Papeete to 0 ton to land and pick up passen bound to and from Australia New Zealand. The CAB rejei this restraining order but will ro PAA’s operations after one yean also rejected a SPAL application service to Tafuna and favoured J of PAA on the grounds that “already held condition authorii serve Samoa and could provide, service at little or no cost too US Government in the form mail subsidy.”

PAA’s Sydney office was unafcf confirm these reports, but said i they were outside the Sydney of jurisdiction. They were abd state, however, that in so far af November flight to Tafuna concerned, it was to be a slrl flight, Honolulu-C a n t o n-Tafj Canton-Honolulu - Canton - Tab Canton-Honolulu.

There has been no recent of South Pacific Airlines iii tions. No agent has yet appointed in Papeete. On advice several months ago, whe:s service was to have commenceoi two flying-boats were still at land, California, undergoing fuj modifications in readiness foie Honolulu-Christmas Island-T service. A landing craft was ? also being prepared at Honoluli use at the Christmas Island 1 It seems unlikely that the Pas service will commence at this a of the year—the cooler, drier me

April to September are the Irmal tourist season for South icific areas, with the Hawaii Sirist season in the other half of B year.