South Pacific

B.O.A.C. To Begin

Service Soon

Details of BO AC’s new ser vice across the South Pacific to the US and London (PIM, Nov., p. 129) were announced in November.

THE service will begin on April 2, and there will be three flights a week in each direction, with calls at Fiji, Honolulu, San Francisco and New York. The aircraft will be 7075.

Simultaneously, Qantas will increase its services over the same route from three to four a week.

The BOAC and Qantas services will leave at the same time (7.00 p.m.) on separate days, thus giving

a daily service from Sydney to London via the US.

BOAC flights will leave on Tues days, Thursdays and Sundays, while Qantas will depart on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays.

With other Qantas services across the Pacific and Air New Zealand’s two flights a week between Sydney and Los Angeles, the three Com monwealth airlines will thus have 16 South Pacific flights a week from April.

BOAC already flies across the North Pacific (Hong Kong—Tokyo— Honolulu—San Francisco).

The new services will begin just before the new South Pacific fares, agreed on at the I ATA meeting in Honolulu in October become avail able, subject to government approval.

They will offer a 28-day excursion fare between Australia and New Zealand on the one hand and North America and Mexico on the other, at 25 per cent, below existing

economy fares, with an even cheaper promotional fare for inclusive tours. ☆ ☆ ☆ A WELL-EQUIPPED launch, the Malambur Singut, has gone into service in Port Moresby as a tourist cruiser. It is owned and skip pered by Singut Kakamini, from the Sepik District.

It is the first harbour tourist boat to be fully licensed as a passenger carrying vessel.

The Malambur Singut is equipped with two 18 hp outboard motors, life-saving equipment, fire extin guishers and ship-to-shore radio. She has big ice boxes for picnic cruises.