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(b) Statistics of Regular Air Services.

For the year under review the following figures indicate the extent to which air travel has been accepted : — Total passenger-miles flown .. .. .. .. 2,673,860 Total freight ton-miles flown .. .. .. .. .. 2,047 Total mail ton-miles flown .. .. . . . . .. 8, 288

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! Regularity. Company. j* 0 ™ 8 Passengers. [ Freight. Mails. Efficiency. I » lb. lb. Per Cent. Air Travel (N.Z.), Ltd. .. 1,018 101,800 948 13,621 45,417 898 886 98-6 *East Coast Airways, Ltd. .. 450 43,272 1,758 587 1,421 450 448 99-6 Cook Strait Airways, Ltd. .. 2,120 271,726 14,353 22,706 20,355 4,197 3,862 92-0 Union Airways of N.Z., Ltd. .. 3,000 360,140 7,192 7,160 44,124 734 729 99-3 Totals .. .. 6,588 776,938 24,251 44,074 111,317 6,279 5,925 * Service not operating between 18/3/36 and 6/12/36.