Lord Howe air
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service is off
Off again—the Airlines of NSW service to Lord Howe Island. And this time it is for keeps, says the manager of the airline, Mr P. Sted man. ‘Airlines of NSW announced in January that services to the island would end, but later reversed the decision (see report page 66).
Mr Stedman said the services would end on February 28 as the Australian Federation of Airline Pilots refused to allow it to use pilots from another company, Conair, of Alice Springs, from which it had chartered a Heron for the Lord Howe service. It would be uneconomic to retrain Airlines of NSW pilots.
The future of a service to the island was very much “in the clouds” about the middle of February. North Coast Airlines, of Coffs Harbour, has a licence to operate such a service.
Other third line operators are also interested. Whatever happens, a new operator has to be approved by the NSW Transport Department and Federal Air Transport Group.