TEAL Hopeful
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On Coral Route To Tahiti
The chairman of TEAL, Sir Andew McKee, said on March 17 that he had every hope that TEAL's Coral Route to Tahiti might be resumed “some time in the future."
Sir Andrew was speaking at Noumea's Tontouta Airport fol lowing the arrival of the first plane on TEAL’s new weekly service between Auckland and Noumea.
All of Noumea's notabilities, headed by the High Commis sioner, Mr. Marc Biros, were present to see the plane arrive.
Replying to Sir Andrew, Mr.
Biros said that TEAL, UTA and Qantas were to be congratulated for their work in bringing the peoples of the South Pacific into closer contact.
He added that he hoped the new TEAL service would help develop contacts between the two countries.
Mr. Biros’ gratuitous reference to Qantas could have been sig nificant as both Qantas and TEAL have been denied traffic rights in Tahiti by the French Government since the end of last year.