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The following is a summary of traffic statistics for Air Travel (N.Z.) r Ltd., for the years 1935-1946:

Aircraft operated by Air Travel (N.Z.), Ltd., were — D.H. 83 (Fox Moth) .. .. .. 2 D.H. 89 (Rapide) .. . . .. .. 1 D.H. 90 (Dragonfly) . . . . 1 Licences held by the company's staff as at 31st March, 1946: Pilot's " B " Licence .. .. .. .. 3 Radio Operator's Licence: Third Class .. ..2 Radio Telephone Licence .. .. .. .. 2 Aircraft Engineer's Licence .. .. 3 (b) Overseas Air Services Tasman, Empire Airways, Ltd, The only air carrier operating scheduled air services overseas from New Zealand during the year was Tasman Empire Airways, Ltd., on the route from Auckland to Sydney. Route details areRoute .. .. .. Auckland-Sydney. Route-miles . . . . . . 1,340. Frequency .. .. .. Thrice weekly in each direction. Traffic statistics for the year ended 31st March, 1946, were— Hours flown . . .. .. . . .. 3,270 Miles flown .. .. .. .. .. 493,764 Passengers .. .. .. .. . . 6,100 Freight (lb.) .. .. .. .. 99,584 Mail (lb.) 214,792 Passenger-miles .. .. .. .. 8,174,000 Freight ton-miles .. .. .. .. 60,019 Mail ton-miles .. .. .. .. 128,492 The following is a summary of traffic statistics for Tasman Empire Airways, Ltd., for the years 1941-46:

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Year ended, Hours flown. Miles flown. Passengers. Freight. Mail. Passengermiles. Freight Tonmiles. Mail Tonmiles. lb. lb. 31st March, 1935 .. 315 31,500 595 2,637 1,841 10,000 120 75 (approx.) (approx.); 31st March, 1936 872 87,233 1,030 10,774 17,568 37,270 638 809 31st March, 1937 1,018 101,800 948 13,621 45,417 54,010 638 2,438 31st March, 1938 1,010 102,262 978 20,331 60,524 53,055 800 2,415 31st March, 1939 672 71,177 662 28,346 75,014 67,084 1,476 4,201 31st March, 1940 633 66,095 617 36,895 52,097 63,272 1,846 3,460 31st March, 1941 389 39,890 288 36,792 32,355 32,110 1,899 2,184 31st March, 1942 304 32,372 316 32,292 30,769 36,402 1,882 1,902 31st March, 1943 726 74,391 618 30,588 25,839 66,510 1,618 1,654 31st March, 1944 996 103,502 1,038 24,962 27,951 107,665 1,499 1,772 31st March, 1945 1,027 102,307 1,144 37,722 36,585 123,886 • 2,078 2,255 31st March, 1946 854 88,576 926 45,523 34,498 106,020 2,710 2,121

Year ended, Hours flown. Miles flown. Passengers. Freight. Mail. Passengermiles. Freight Tonmiles. Mail Tonmile?. lb. lb. 31st March, 1941 1,181 174,200 1,507 18,800 78,179 2,019,380 11,246 46,768 31st March, 1942 1,382 211,920 1,959 32,230 167,275 2,625,060 19,280 100,066 31st March, 1943 1,265 192,960 2,256 35,195 101,741 3,023,040 21,054 60,863 31st March, 1944 1,502 229,140 2,924 40,024 94,106 3,918,160 23,943 56,296 31st March, 1945 2,798 427,460 5,803 84,189 142,812 7,796,020 50,363 85,432 31st March, 1946 3,270 293,764 6,100 99,584 214,792 8,174,000 60,019 128,492