To P-Ng The Thrifty

Way

Beginning February 17, travel lers to and from Papua-New Guinea will be able to save up to £lO/5 - on a single journey out of (or into) Sydney; £B/14 - from Brisbane.

This is through Qantas Airways' new Thrift Class Service, which will operate once a week, each way. Northbound, Sundays, southbound, Mondays.

Qantas’ six other flights to New Guinea will operate as usual, at usual fares. (£62/15/- single, Sydney-Lae.) Up to 48 passengers will be carried but they will have exactly the same amount of room as passengers in the regular BOP services.

Travellers on thrift services will be allowed only 35 lbs of baggage (as again 44 lbs on regular services)', meals will consist of sandwiches and coffee, tea, milk or mineral waters.

But unkindest cut of all (for Territorians), no liquor will be served on Thrift flights. Are there enough people in the Territory who can bear to be teetotal 12 hours at a stretch?

Qantas evidently believes that there are. A saving of £lO per single ticket will no doubt be of interest to travelling families and to others whose budgets are stretched to the limit by the high cost of living in the Terri tory.