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Passenger numbers

There was a steady increase in the numbers of passengers carried by NAC between 1948 and 1968.

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Source: Peter Aimer

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Peter Aimer, Aviation – Government intervention, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/graph/6623/passenger-numbers (accessed 25 June 2026).

Story by Peter Aimer, published 2 March 2009.