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Appendix C —Statistical Summary op R.N.Z.A.F. Air Transport Services (Overseas) At 31st March, 1948, services were being operated by the R.N.Z.A.F. Air Transport over the following routes :

(a) External Schedule Services

Traffic statistics for these routes for the year ended 31st March, 1948, were :

(b) Internal and Regional Services Operated by the R.N.Z.A.F. on Behalf of National Airways (Includes Sunderland Service) Period from Ist April, 1947, until actual hand over to New Zealand National Airways Corporation on 31st May, 1947 (internal), and Ist November, 1947 (Regional) Passengers carried .. .. 28,760 Passenger miles .. .. .. 8,435,121 Hours flown .. .. .. 2,259 •55 Passengers, in ton/miles .. .. 986,341 Ton/miles capacity created .. 1,340,000 Freight, in ton/miles .. .. 28,221 Ton/miles capacity used .. .. 1,105,421 Mail, in ton/miles .. ... 5,031 Load factor .. .. .. 81-1

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Route. Route-miles. Frequency. C. 47 Services— Auckland-Japan (via Norfolk, Brisbane, Cloncurry, Darwin, Morotai, Manila, Okinawa, Iwakuni) Auckland-Norfolk 7,000 574 Once weekly. Once fortnightly.

Period. Hours Flown. Ton/miles Capacity Created. Ton/miles Capacity. Used. Load Factor. April-June July-September October-December . January-March 1947 ' 1948 1,361 747 948 864 416,000 208,000 267,000 26,000 307,454 164,326 223,126 205,803 75-4 80-1 84-0 77-0 Totals 3,920 917,000 900,709 79-1 Period. Passengermiles. Passenger Ton/miles. Freight Ton/miles. Mail Ton/miles. April-June July-September October-December . January-March 1947 ' 1948 1,279,974 599,536 1,298,888 1,156,023 159,874 73,004 164,092 145,186 29,637 26,088 34,004 40,709 17,943 65,233 25,030 19,907 Totals 4,334,421 542,156 130,438 128,113