TEAL Airlines New Zealand SOBRANIE Cigarettes Tin

Back in the day when our Airlines promoted and allowed 'smoking' on board their airplanes. This is a very neat rare aviation collectible...the Sobranie tin is alloy, in good condition as pictures, and measures 4 1/4" x 3". Tasman Empire Airways Limited (TEAL) was the forerunner of Air New Zealand. It was first registered in Wellington as a limited liability company on 26 April 1940. The shares were originally held by the New Zealand government (20%), Union Airways (19%), BOAC (38%) and Qantas (23%)....TEAL became AIR NEW ZEALAND in late 1965