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TABLE No. 32.—COMMERCIAL AIR TRANSPORT, 1938-39. Operating Statistics for Commercial Aircraft Services for Year ended 31st March, 1939.

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I I I ! Tnps ' Total Total Passengers. Service. , , Hours Miles | ; Passenger- T «_ Ton _ Scheduled. Flown. ' Flown - 1 Flown. ( p | Non- | came ' Cam " mi es " miles. miles. J & ! paying. ! Cook Strait Airways, Ltd. — Hours. Miles. Number. Number. lb. lb. Wellington-Blenheim-Nelson .. .. .. 6,112 5,882 3,731 466,429 23,208 409 81,340 40,314 1,404,580 2,303 1,093 Nelson - West Coast .. .. .. .. 380 342 431 53,897 614 87 4,283 3,248 94,614 241 183 Air-taxi services .. .. .. .. .. 52 52 48 5,977 327 Total for company .. .. .. .. 6,544 6,276 j 4,210 526,30-3 24,149 496 85,623 43,562 1,499,194 2,544 1,276 ■ 1 Union Airways of New Zealand, Ltd. — Auckland- Wellington .. .. .. 1,030 1,023 2,549 351,950 7,891 184 15,887 74,746 1,788,216 1,811 8,391 Palmerston North - Dunedin (ceased 21/10/38) 422 418 1,764 209,156 5,003 51 8,820 51,014 1,171,841 1,046 ! 7,618 Palmerston North - Christchurch (commenced 22/10/38) 292 292 702 86,140 2,179 47 3,052 9,373 424,550 260 i 937 Wellington-Dunedin (commenced 21/10/38) .. .. 324 324 912 127,980 3,291 39 8,396 38,563 837,665 1,134 i 5,300 Palmerston North- Gisborne (commenced 1/7/38) . 1,102 1,099 1,414 144,884 6,150 27 4,151 16,551 660,300 244 j 1,022 Auckland-Gisborne (commenced March, 1939) .. 11 11 22 2,365 131 6 60 150 21,055 i 3 11 Air-taxi services .. .. .. .. .. 347 347 228 26,100 3,560 .. 5,866 .. .. j Total for company .. .. .. .. 3,528 3,514 7,591 948,575 28,205 354 46,232 190,397 4,903,627 i 4,498 23,279 | ; East Coast Airways — Palmerston North - Gisborne (ceased 30/6/38) .. 642 611 594 60,428 2,855 85 11,933 7,407 318,255 ; 123 81 Air-Taxi service (ceased 30/6/38) .. .. .. 9 9 1 144 57 Total for company .. .. .. .. 651 620 595 60,572 2,912 85 11,93-3 7,407 i 318,255 123 81 Air Travel (N.Z.), Ltd. Hokitika-Okuru .. " .. .. .. .. 974 967 470 49,216 418 27 28,3461" 74,863|i 67,955f l,500*|4,000*t Inchbonnie-Weheka .. .. .. ■■ 462 459 200 21,950 205 13 .. Air-taxi service .. .. .. ■■ •• 2,743 2,736 1,265 130,666 3,483 142 Total for company .. .. .. .. 4,179 4,162 1,935 | 201,832 4,106 182 28,346 74,863 67,955 1,500 4,000 Grand total, 1938-39 .. .. .. 14,902 14,572 14,331 j 1,737,282 59,372 1,117 j 172,134 316,229 6,789,031 8,665 28,636 Grand total, 1937-38 .. .. .. .. 10,069 9,818 11,648 1,364,351 46,263 1,137 j 81,792 214,357 Not available. ♦Estimated. f Includes freight mail, &c., for both route services.