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

During the year ended 31st March, 1948, 154,329 passengers, 1,211,3451b. of freight, and 597,231 lb. of mail were carried on these services. Aircraft used in the operation of services on these routes were — Lockheed Lodestar .. .. .. .. 7 Lockheed Electra .. .. .. .. .. 5 Douglas D.C. 3 .. .. .. .. .. 7 Douglas C. 47c (freighter) .. .. .. 5 D.H. 89b Dominie .. .. .. .. 6 D.H. 89a Rapide .. .. .. .. 1 D.H. 83 Fox Moth .. .. .. ..2 Total .. .. .. .. ..33 This represents an increase of fifteen over the total number of aircraft operated by New Zealand National Airways Corporation and Air Travel (N.Z.), Ltd., during the year ended 31st March, 1947. The following services previously operated by the R.N.Z.A.F. Air Transport were taken over by New Zealand National Airways Corporation on 2nd June, 1947 : Auckland-Wellington-Christchurch. Auckland-Christchurch.

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Route No. Route/ Hours flown. Miles flown. Passengermiles created. Passenger miles used. - Percentage of Seat Utilization. Passenger Tonmiles. Baggage Tonmiles. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Auckland-Dunedin Dunedin-Invercargill Nelson-Wellington-Blenheim Auckland-Wellington Auckland-Gisbome Auckland-Gisborne Gisborne-Wellington Auckland-Kaitaia Auckland-Christchurch .. Auckland-Christchurch .. Wellington-Hokitika Hokitika-Okuru 6,791 1,021 5,882 1,702 1,118 1,029 1,355 986 2,628 2,157 1,353 713 1,065,555 110,362 538,908 209,118 132,710 134,805 155,546 102,292 353,147 300,934 149,818 67,797 1 15,995,715 1,038,040 3,238,909 2,095,159 1,327,100 1,354,320 1,566,085 1,018,120 8,037,012 6,607,355 *742,454 *117,360 13,972,310 669,531 2,738,091 1,803,392 1,128,196 1,228,502 1,376,417 843,574 6,061,834 5,192,839 597,951 82,648 87 64 85 89 83 91 88 83 75 79 973,346 48,259 196,518 134,709 71,620 82,805 94,991 53,492 465,665 400,205 37,004 3,154 156,425 6,393 29,671 21,576 11,763 14,227 15,486 8,152 61,092 55,768 5,908 479 Totals 26,735 3,320,992 43,137,629 35,695,285 2,561,768 386,940 Route No. Route. Excess Baggage Tonmiles. Freight Tonmiles. Mail Tonmiles Total Tonmiles created. Total Tonmiles used. Percentage of Aircraft Utilization. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Auckland-Dunedin Dunedin-Invercargill N elson-Wellington-Blenheim Auckland-Wellington Auckland-Gisborne Auekland-Gisbome .. Gisborne-Wellington Auckland-Kaitaia Auckland-Christchurch Auckland-Christchurch Wellington-Hokitika Hokitika-Okuru 13,554 347 2,187 1,590 1,060 1,359 1,608 578 5,604 5,941 513 100 40,563 807 12,368 3,015 1,317 5,154 2,380 497 11,018 9,848 2,304 2,298 60,010 1,246 1,925 4,151 960 332 3,031 852 9,986 10,785 1,782 2,250 1,673,183 88,437 351,546 236,007 129,840 136,068 170,813 101,161 891,881 636,878 79,563* 9,713* 1,243,898 57,052 242,627 165,041 86,720 103,877 117,495 63,571 553,364 482,547 46,406 5,995 74 65 69 70 67 76 69 63 62 76 Totals 34,441 91,569 97,310 4,505,090 3,168,593 * Figures not available for period 1st April, 1947, to 30th September, 1947.