AIR FERRY SERVICE

Rotorua Morning Post, Issue 5308, 22 January 1947, Page 4

AIR FERRY SERVICE

; 'THE inauguration of the Tauranga-Auckland-Whanga-rei-Kaikohe-Kaitaia air service by National Airways on Monday, is a reminder that Rotorua, which presumably will link with Hamilton and Auckland, is one of the next on the list for an internal sehedule. From *Tauj ranga to Auckland is approxi- ! mately 95 air miles; thenee to } Whangarei, something under : 100 miles, with another 20-mile l hop to Kaikohe and a 40-mile j spin to Kaitaia. The total dis- | tance covered on the trip is | therefore roughly 375 miles. j The fare from Kaikohe to Whangarei is*15 shillings, and from Kaikohe to Auckland, 42/6. The respective bus fares are 10 shillings and 30 shillings. The Auckland-Hamilton-Roto- | rua service would be only about I 140 air miles.

j Developments in air, travel . overseas, backed by Britain's ; invaluable aircraft industry, are : also reacting to the l^nefit of ! New Zealand as a whole, and | 7 negotiations between the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand resulted just before the end of last year in an agreement signed in Washington. The removal of restrictions on the 4 entry of through air travellers to the United States will allow | for unhampered journeys to and I from the Antipodes and the ! Motherland. It has been predict- ; ed that passengers by the Pacific j air route will, within two years, ! be journeying in pressure-cabin | liners at 25,000 feet. I | Britain has produced the first j tail-less jet machine, and in the | first nine months of last year, j British experts of engines and | parts wero valued at £8,200,000, I compared with £4,000,000 in ] 1938. This rapid expansion durI ins* the first post-war year I should ensure the predominance ! of our aircraft and engines for J both passenger and commercial | hying.