Air Tahiti Temporarily
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Ceases
AIR Tahiti services have ceased, 5 least temporarily.
Until TEAL began its Coral Rouu service between Auckland air Papeete via Suva and Cook Island Air Tahiti carried on a most essei tial service between the NAC te:; minal at Aitutaki, Cook Islands air Tahiti. Since the Coral Route hs been in full operation. Air Tahiti hs .confined itself to local charter flighi within French Oceania.
In mid-July the company’s onl pilot crashed one of their thre planes onto a reef and injured him self badly. He has now recovereo but has to go to France for ai official medical check-up before h can resume commercial flying. I the meantime operations are at standstill.
The “Waitomo’s” cargo from Suv* to Rarotonga early in September in eluded 500 pineapple shoots to plan around the recently opened Com munity Centre at Ngatangiia.