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Promoting Union Airways

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Promoting Union Airways

Palmerston North aspired to be a centre for commercial aviation. Union Airways was headquartered in the city, and advertised the convenience of air travel in the late 1930s.

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Reference: Eph-E-AVIATION-1930s-01

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Malcolm McKinnon, Manawatū and Horowhenua region – Heyday: 1910s to 1960s, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/ephemera/9489/promoting-union-airways (accessed 3 June 2026).

Story by Malcolm McKinnon, published 2 March 2009, updated 1 April 2015.