High Cost Of
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Travel For
N. Caledonians
NEW CALEDONIANS who wish to travel out of the Colony are now going to pay heavily for the privilege.
Since the revaluation of the Franc most airfares have gone up by 20 per cent.
The Noumea-Paris fare by TAI remains unchanged—but TAI fares to intermediate points along the route (not within the French Empire) have risen by 20 per cent. Some people who had already booked to New Zealand found that it was going to cost 20 per cent, more than they had expected.
Qantas fares remained unchanged for a while but when the company found that it was going to lose 20 per cent, in converting franc earnings into pounds, this company’s fares rose also.