BRITISH AIR SERVICE OVER PACIFIC
t-. Press . Association
By ' T.elegraph-
AUCKLAND, April 8. Anpic Dgy has.no.w, been sclected as the, 'd'ate fbr'the op^iung of the British Cohimomyealth PacijSfe. Airlines air seF vice from Auckland to \\ ancouver. Al 9, a.m, ■pnj.AiJril 25/ a Bkymaster of A'ustraliaiLylNational . '.A'irways, , wliich will operafe- IjJie s>rvice in ';th"e Tnoantime, -will takq oif. l'rom Whenuapai on the ifirst , ciyii' flight to be made by' a British company between New Zealand and North America. The aircraft will arriYe from Sydney on April 24 carry ing a nuinber of co.mpany oflicials. It will be iilled with commercial passengers for tlie northbound flight. The aew service will run at fortniglitlv intervals, leaving Whenuapai every second' Thursday after the inilial flight. The route will be • by way of Fiji, Cantou Island, Honolulu and San Francisco, with a long day flight stop at Nandi, Fiji, and a 271 hours stop at Honolulu. Vancouver will be reaelicd on the Sunday following departure. The first southbound aircraft will leave Vancouver on May 3 and will arrive at .Whenuapai on the following Wednesday. Succeeding flights will be at intervals of a foi'tnight.
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Chronicle (Levin), 9 April 1947, Page 7
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