Noumea-Auckland Flight?
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TAI Plane For Noumea-Auckland Flight?
ALTHOUGH no announcement has been made in Sydney (beyond the fact that the French air line has applied to llndfng a righ n ts d service), it was reported in Noumea in October that the first flight of a TAI (Transports Aeriens Inter continentaux) plane from New Caledonia to New Zealand would take place at the end of November.
It was stated that the TAI plane would arrive in Noumea on November 22; remain there li
hours; continue on to Auckland remain in Auckland overnight; leave on November 23 for Noumea* and continue the flight to Paris after a short stop at Noumea. t A Mandated Airlines Ltd. DCS re turned to Lae, New Guinea, on No vember 3 after having been in Syd ney for some weeks for annual re newal of its certificate of airworthi ness. On her return journey the aircraft carried the following passengers: Mr. W. O’Brien, for Madang, and Mrs Gray, Mi*. K.
Bailie, Mr. A. Leask, from Cairns, and Mr. G. Heyan, all for Lae. Mr.
Heyan is to join the pilot staff of Mandated Airlines Ltd.