CHANGE IN AIR FARES
AUCKLAND, August 30. The return of New Zealund eurrency to parity with sterling, has had the "I'fe.ct of inereasing fareB pgid in Aus- ! rnlia or Fiji for travel on fhe Domirrion's two airlines — Tasman Em pire Airways and Natioual Airwavs Coiporation. Botli those coinpanies basc their operatious on New Zealand cur rency. Fares paid in New Zealand iiioney are unchanged, but a passenger travelling by flying boat from Buva to Auckland now. pays £31 14s (Fijian currencvj instead of the previouv £25 13s. Similaclr, ' the fare foi thc rasm'an flight has risen from £28 to £35 t Australian). Norfolk Islanders who use Australian inoney, are now charged £15 11s instead of £12 l()s for an aii trip to Auckland. New Zeulanders who travel abroad by air lines vvliich ojicrate on a sterling or dollar basis, benelit by ihe altored exchange. Tlufares, in New Zealand eurrency, for the British Coinnionwealth and Pacilic Air line and Pan-Ainerican Airways, have oeen autouiatically reduced.
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Chronicle (Levin), 31 August 1948, Page 6
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164CHANGE IN AIR FARES Chronicle (Levin), 31 August 1948, Page 6
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