[?]Oumea-Nadi

[?]Irservice

[?]Suspended

IHE Noumea-Nadi (Fiji) section of Qantas' old Sydney-Noumea- Fiji service will cease after the ;ht leaving Sydney on January 4. le service has not been patronised Eficient to make it profitable.

Since Qantas changed over from ing-boats to landplanes in mid >s, this part of the route has ved little purpose. Previously, the ing-boat terminated its flight in va and this was of considerable lefit to travellers. However, the ymasters which replaced the fly :-boats go to Nadi, and except for i representatives travelling to ith Pacific Commission meetings Noumea, and occasional New ledonian residents who wanted pick up the trans-Pacific services Nadi, the ser v i c e—run once ■ month—had only limited use.

Intil such time as the New brides airfields are brought up to A standard, Qantas Skymasters I run twice monthly between Syd r and Noumea and return.