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(c) Internal Non-scheduled Services The following is a traffic summary of non-scheduled services carried out by New Zealand National Airways Corporation and Air Travel (N.Z.), Ltd. : Trips .. .. .. .. .. .. 569 Hours flown .. .. .. .. .. .. 434 Miles flown .. .. .. .. .. .. 46,198 Passengers .. .. .. .. .. 1,630 Freight (lb.) .. .. .. .. .. .. 8,645 The aircraft used on these services were as follows : New Zealand National Airways Corporation— Lockheed Lodestar .. .. .. .. .. 4 Lockheed Electra .. .. .. .. 4 D.H. 89b Dominie .. .. .. .. .. 6 Air Travel (N.Z.), Ltd.— D.H. 83 (Fox Moth) 2 D.H. 89 (Rapide) .. .. .. .. 1 D.H. 90 (Dragonfly) .. .. .. .. 1 In addition to the above two companies, the following organizations catered for work of a general nature : Waikato Aviation Co., Ltd., Rotorua, using one Desoutter, one Avro Avian, and one Piper Cub. Southern Scenic Airtrips, Queenstown, using one Percival Proctor. N.Z. Aerial Mapping, Ltd., Hastings, using one Monospar S.T. 25 and one Beechcraft A.T. 11. (d) External Non-scheduled Services Tasman Empire Airways, Ltd., scheduled services were supplemented by nonscheduled trips, four of which were operated with D.C. 4 (Skymaster) aircraft by arrangement with Trans-Australian Airlines. Details are — Trips .. .. .. .. .. .. 7 Hours flown .. .. .. .. .. .. 56 Miles flown .. .. .. .. .. 9,380 Passengers .. .. .. .. .. .. 186 Freight (lb.) .. .. .. .. .. .. 12,483 (e) R.N.Z.A.F. Air Transport At 31st March, 1947, services were being operated on a quasi-civil basis by the R.N.Z.A.F. Air Transport over the following routes :

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Route. Routemiles. Frequency. Sunderland Service Auckland-Suva 1,143 | Once weekly in each direction. C. 47 Regional Services Auckland—Rarotonga (via Norfolk IslandNew Caledonia-Fiji-Tonga-British SamoaUnited States Samoa-Aitutaki) Fiji-British Samoa 3,630 605 Once fortnightly in each direction. Once fortnightly in each direction.