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The Norfolk ISLANDER The World of Norfolk’s Community Newspaper for more than 44 Years FOUNDED 1965 Successors to - The Norfolk Island Pioneer c. 1885 The Weekly News c 1932 : The Norfolk Island Monthly News c. 1933 The N.I. Times c. 1935 : Norfolk Island Weekly c. 1943 : N.I.N.E. c. 1949 : W.I.N. c. 1951 : Norfolk News c. 1965 Volume 44, No. 19 SATURDAY, 16th MAY 2009 Price $2.75 incl GST The down-turn in visitor numbers booked to come to Norfolk during the traditional low season of June to September, has resulted in a reduction of airline services during these months. The Honourable Minister for Finance, Neville Christian MLA, returned to Norfolk Island on Wednesday this week, after meeting with representatives of Our Airline in Brisbane. In a Statement to the media, Minister Christian said “The purpose of these meetings was to discuss the need for Norfolk Air to reduce services over the next few months, the traditional low season for traffic from Australia to Norfolk Island, with a view to more closely aligning the available capacity on the routes ex Australia with the demand for seats between June and September in order to limit potential losses over this The ‘Advance’ is continuing to period.” ‘Advance’! The Minister added “A recent comprehensive review Our front-page picture this week shows Darren of operations by the Norfolk Air management taking Bates at the controls of his new Hennig designed 9 into account the increased capacity provided by the Our metre Noosa Cat ‘ADVANCE 2’ which arrived this Airline Boeing 737-300, looking at the forecast seat week on the ‘Norfolk Guardian’.
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