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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 June 1974Vol. 45, No. 6

Trans Pacific services back

p. 91 · Read in the full issue

to five a week

British Airways trans-Pacific VC 10 services, cut to three a week because of the world fuel shortage, are to revert to five times weekly from mid- June. The first of the new services will leave London on June 19 and for the return journey will leave Mel bourne on June 21, Flights will now leave Nadi for Sydney and Melbourne on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays and for London on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. A full time

table is published below.

With the stepping-up, British Air ways will again be the carrier with the most frequent through one-air craft services to Los Angeles, New York, London and to Melbourne. The airline will also be offering more flights a week than any other one carrier to Honolulu.

Additionally, passengers stopping over in Los Angeles will have the option of travelling on British Air ways direct 707 flights to London, which operate daily except Monday.

BA591 Tu We Th Sa Su

London

dep 1300

New York

arr 1550

dep

1715

Los Angeles

arr 1945 dep 2130

Honolulu

arr 2359 We Th Fr Su Mo dep 0110 Th Fr Sa Mo Tu

Nadi

arr 0530

dep

0615

Sydney

arr 0840

dep

0935

Melbourne

arr 1055

BA590 Mo Tu Th Fr Sa

Melbourne

dep 1600

Sydney

arr 1710 dep 1815 Tu We Fr Sa Su

Nadi

arr 0005 dep 0105 Mo Tu Th Fr Sa

Honolulu

arr 0915 dep 1050

Los Angeles

arr 1900 dep 2355 Tu We Fr Sa Su

New York

arr 0800

dep

1000

London

arr 2150