Nauru And Australia
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Exchange Air Flights
The first air services agree ment between Australia and Nauru come into effect on September 17. The agreement signed in Canberra by the Minister for Civil Aviation, Mr. R. W. Swartz, and the President of the Republic of Nauru, Head Chief Hammer Deßoburt, gives Qantas the right to operate from Aus tralia to Nauru and a Nauruan Airline the right to fly between Nauru and Brisbane. Both Qantas and the Nauruan Airline will be entitled to operate one service a week.
At present there is no direct regular air service between Australia and Nauru, and this is the first inter-governmental air services agreement ever to be signed by Nauru.