Airways

Trans Pacific Services

SYDNEY - BRISBANE • HAWAII • US Qantas, with 707's, operates weekly from Sydney and San Francisco, departing on Thurs.

SYDNEY • FIJI - TAHITI - MEXICO Qantas, with 707's, operates weekly services out of Sydney on Wed. and return out of Mexico City on Sat. Stops at Acapulco.

SYDNEY - FIJI - HAWAII - CANADA CP Air, with DCB's, operates weekly service out of Sydney on Sat. and Vancouver on Thurs SYDNEY - NZ - HAWAII or TAHITI - USi Air-NZ, with DCB's, operates out of Sydne and Los Angeles on Wed., Fri. and Sun.

SYDNEY ■ FIJI ■ HAWAII - USA Qantas, with 707's, operates daily services from Sydney to San Francisco, and from Sa Francisco daily, except Thurs. Sat. flight by-pass Fiji.

BOAC, with VClO's, operates from Sydne to Los Angeles on Mon., Tues., Wed., Thurs, and Sat., and Los Angeles on Mon., Tues.

Thurs., Sat. and Sun.

SYDNEY or NOUMEA - USA (via FIJI

Nz Or Tahiti)

UTA, with DCB's, operates out of Sydney o Fri., and Noumea on Mon, and Thurs. Thun flights operate Los Angeles direct to Sydney SYDNEY - USA (VIA N. CAL, NZ, FIJI

Am. Samoa Or Hawaii)

PanAm, with 707's, operates daily retur trans-Pacific services out of Sydney and Lo Angeles. Also, extra Wed. and Sat. flights oi of Sydney terminate at Hawaii and Wed. an Sat. flights out of Hawaii terminate at Sydney Jets connect with services to the Far Eas' New York and London.

Jets fly Sydney-Hawaii non-stop both way Mon., Tues., Thurs. and Sat.

NZ ■ AM. SAMOA - TAHITI OR HAWAII

Usa

PanAm, with 707's, operates out of Aucl land on Mon., Wed., Thurs., Fri.; out of Sa Francisco on Tues., Wed. and Sat. Mon. flight departs Honolulu for Auckland, via Pago Page

Indonesia Or Malaya - Usa (Via

Darwin, Noumea, Nz Or Tahiti)

UTA, with DCB's, operates a weekly servic out of Djakarta to Los Angeles on Wed. an return on Sun. A non-stop Noumea-Singapor flight operates on Thurs.

Australia-Far East

Sydney • R.Ng - Ear East

Qantas, with 707's, operates services out o Sydney on Wed. to Port Moresby and Hon Kong on Sat. to Port Moresby, Manila an Hong Kong, and return from Hong Kong o Wed. and Sun.

Australia-New Zealand

Qantas, Air-NZ, BOAC and PanAm operat regular trans-Tasman services. The Qantas aa Air-NZ services link major NZ cities witl Australian east coast cities.

Australia-Pacific Island!

(For other schedules touching these Island 'see also trans-Pacific services.)

Brisbane - Nauru

Air Nauru, with a Falcon Fan jet, operate fortnightly Brisbane-Honiara-Nauru and take no passengers for Honiara (Solomons).

Details: Nauruan Government Office, 22 Collins St., Melbourne.

Sydney - Fiji

Air-lndia, with 707's, operates weekly services to Nadi on Tues., returning to Sydney on Wed. Qantas, with 707's, operates weekly on Sat. to Nadi, returns Sydney same day.

Sydney - Lord Howe Is.

Airlines of NSW, with flying-boats, operates fwice weekly, return services from Rose Bay, Sydney, to Lord Howe. Extras on holidays.

Sydney - New Caledonia

Qantas/UTA, with 707's and DCB's, operate* return services on Mon., Tues., Thurs. and Sun Jantas operates Mon. and Thurs., UTA on lues, and Sun.

Sydney - New Zealand - Fiji

BOAC, with 707's, operates services out ot iydney on Mon. and Sat., and out of Nadi in Tues. and Sun. NZ call is at Auckland

Sydney - Norfolk Is.

Qantas, with tTC4's, operates at least twice weekly. More in holiday periods.

Australia - P-Ng

TAA and Ansett, with 727'5, operate 11 imes a week from Sydney or Melbourne to *t. Moresby. Ansett doesn't operate on Tues. )r Thurs., TAA doesn't operate on Wed.

Queensland • Papua

TAA and Ansett, with Fokkers, operate weekly services. TAA leaves Townsville, via lairns, for Pt. Moresby on Tues. and returns in Thurs. Ansett leaves Cairns on Thurs. for lAoresby and returns on Fri.

New Zealand-Pacific Is.

(For other schedules touching these islands see also trans-Pacific services.)

Nz - Am. Samoa

PanAm, with 707's, operates from Auckland to Pago Pago on Wed. and Thurs., and returns on Mon. and Wed.

Nz - Cooks

No commercial services but RNZAF planes make regular calls, Auckland-Rarotonga return.

Passengers are carried.

Nz - Fiji

Air-NZ, with DCB's, operates daily return services from Auckland to Nadi with BOAC, using 707's.

Nz - Fiji - Am. Samoa

Air-NZ, with DCB's, operates services out of Auckland on Tues. and Sat. and from Pago Pago on Tues. and Fri.

Nz - Tahiti

UTA, with DCB's, operates from Auckland on Thurs. and from Papeete on Tues. Air-NZ, with DCB's, operates from Auckland on Sun. and from Papeete on Sat.

Nz - New Caledonia

UTA, with Caravelles, operates weekly from Auckland on Sat. and return. Air-NZ, with DCB's, operates weekly from Auckland on Sun., returning same day.

Nz • Norfolk Is.

Air-NZ, with chartered Qantas DC4's, operates a weekly service, leaving Nl on Sat. and Auckland on Sun.

Inter - Territory Services

Chile - Easter Is. - Tahiti

Lan-Chile, with 707's, operates weekly, leaving Santiago on Thurs., leaving Papeete on Fri. (returning tx> Santiago on Sat.). Stop over at Easter Island is about six hours.

Details from Lan-Chile, 88 Pitt Street, Sydney (28-9629).

Fiji - Geic ■ Nauru

Fiji Airways, with 748's, operates weekly return services to Nauru, leaving Nadi on Fri. and making stops en route at Funafuti and Tarawa. Planes return from Nauru on Sat.

Fiji - Western Samoa

Fiji Airways, with 748's, operates from Fiji on Thurs. and Sun., returning on Wed. and Sun. from Apia.

FIJI - NEW HEBRIDES • BSIP • NG Fiji Airways, with 748's, operates from Nadi on Wed., Fri. and Sun., via Vila and Santo, to Honiara. Planes leave Honiara on Tues., Thurs. and Sat. for Nadi. On Mon. 748's fly direct to Pt. Moresby from Honiara and return to Honiara same day; staying overnight before flying to Fiji Tues.

Fiji • Tonga

Fiji Airways, with 748's, operates from Suva to Nukualofa four times a week. Polynesian Airways, with 748's, operates from Suva to Nukualofa four times a week.

Hawaii - Am. Samoa

PanAm, with 707's, operates from Honolulu on Mon., Wed., Thurs., Sat., and Sun. and operates from Pago Pago on Mon., Thurs., Fri. and Sat.

Hawaii ■ Am. Samoa • Tahiti

PanAm, with 707's, operates from Honolulu on Thurs. and Sat. and from Papeete on Thurs A Sun. flight from Papeete overflies Pago.

Hawaii - Nauru - Micronesia

Air Micronesia, with 727'5, operates from Honolulu on Wed. and Sat., via Johnston Is., Majuro, Kwajalein, Ponape, Truk, Guam and Saipan, and returns on Thurs. and Sat. Nauru calls fortnightly, alternate Thurs., from Majuro.

New Caledonia • New Hebrides

UTA, with DC4's, operates two return services a week, out of Noumea on Tues. ana Fri., making calls at Santo and Vila.

NEW CAI. - WALLIS IS. ■ NEW CAL.

UTA, with DC4's, operates a fortnightly service, leaving Noumea on the second Weo of the month.

New Guinea - West Irian

TAA, with DCB's, leaves Madang on alternate Wed. for Djayapura and returns the same day.

P-Ng - Solomons

TAA, with Fokkers and DCB's, operates twice weekly. Fri. planes leave Moresby via Munda to Honiara, returning Sat. Tues. leave Rabaul via Buka, Kieta, Munda, Yandina to Honiara, returning Wed.

Tahiti • Usa

UTA, with DCB's, operates on Mon., Thurs., Fri., Sun. non-stop from Papeete to Los Am geles, and return, the same day. The sam« flight on Sat. out of Papeete makes an extr« call, at Honolulu.

PanAm, with 707's, operates to Los Angeles from Papeete on Mon., Thurs., Fri. and Sun The Thurs. flight takes in Pago Pago an< Honolulu; the Sun. flight is via Honolulu Planes return from San Francisco on Wed.

Thurs., Sat. and Sun.

Air-NZ, with DCB's, flies to Los Angeles from Papeete on Sun., leaves Los Angeles Fri

W. Samoa - Am. Samoa

Polynesian Airlines, with DCB's, operates between Apia and Pago Pago at least twici a day (all flights, 45 min.).

W. Samoa - Tonga

Polynesian Airlines, with 748's, operate: twice weekly Apia-Nukualofa.

Samoas ■ Fiji

Polynesian Airlines, with 748's and DCB's operates from Apia, and Pago on Tues., Wed.

Fri. and Sun. Return flights operate fron Suva and Nadi on Mon., Wed., Thurs., am Sat.

Internal Services

Am. Samoa - West Samoa

Three charterers operate: Air Samoa Ltd. o Apia and South Seas Airways and Air Samo< Inc. of Pago Pago.

Apia's firm, with Islanders, flies Fagalii Faleolo and Asau; South Seas, with a Cheroket seaplane, to Pago, Manua, Rose and Swaim and Air Samoa Inc., with Cessnas, to Pagt and Faleolo.

Fiji

Fiji Airways, with Herons, DC3's ant HS74B's operates regular services to Labasa Matei, Nadi, Nausori and Savusavu.

Details: Qantas, BOAC or Air-NZ.

Air Pacific, with Beech Barons, operates t( Ovalau Island, Korolevu, Natadola, Ba and Vatu koula and with Grumman Mallard Amphibiai to Vanua M'Balavu, Kadavu and Lakeba.

Details from Air Pacific Ltd., P.O. Box 1259 Suva (Telephone: 22666).

French Polynesia

Air 'Polynesia, with DC4's, Twin Otters ant a Bermuda flying-boat, operates to Bora Bora Huahine, Moorea, Papeete, Raiatea anc Rangiroa.

Details from RAI, Quai Bir Hakeim, Papeete, or any UTA office.

Air Tahiti and Air Moorea, with light air craft, operate charter services from Papeete to Moorea, Raiatea and Bora Bora.

Gilbert And Ellice Islands

Fiji Airways, with Herons, operates regular services among Tarawa, Butaritari, North Tabiteuea and Abemama.

Guam - Us Trust Territory

Air Micronesia, with 727's and DC6's, operates regular services to Guam, Koror, Kwajalein, Majuro, Ponape, Rota, Saipan and Yap.

Details from Continental Airlines, Inter national Airport, Los Angeles, California.

Papua - New Guinea

TAA, operates to Baimuru, Baiyer R., Balinrro, anz uin, Bulolo, Buka, Cape Gloucester, ape Hoskins, Chimbu, Daru, Jacquinot Bay, ainantu, Kandrian, Kavieng, Kerema, Kieta, ikori, Lae, Madang, Malalau, Manus, Mini, lisima, Mt. Hagen, Munda, Nanatanai, Nissan ;., Popondetta, Pt. Moresby, Rabaul, Talasea, alimo, Wabag, Wakunai, Wau, Wapenamanda rid Wewak.

Ansett, operates to Aitape, Ambunti, Angoram, anz, Buin, Buka, Bulolo, Erave, Goroka, Hay eld, lalibu, Kainantu, Kagua, Kavieng, Kieta, undiawa, Lae, Lumi, Madang ,Mendi, Minj, Mt. agen, Momote, Nuku, Pt. Moresby, Rabaul, ari, Telefomin, Vanimo, Wabag, Wapenamanda, fau, Wewak and Yangoru.

Papuan Airlines operates to Aroa, Balimo, ereina. Cape Rodney, Daru, Gurney, Kairuku, okoda, Losuia, Mendi, Mt. Hagen, Pai li, opondetta, Pt. Moresby, Rorona, Tapini, ivigani, Wanigela and Woitape.

Also, Aerial Tours operate in the Sepik area, nd Territory Airlines in the Highlands.

New Caledonia

Air Caledonie, with Twin Otters, Herons and ztecs operates regular services to Hienghene, ouailou, Isle of Pines, Isle Ouen, Kone, ouaoua, Koumac, Lifou, Mare, Noumea, Ouvea, oindimie, Touho, Voh.

Details from Air Caledonie, Noumea.

New Hebrides

Air Melanesia, with Piper Aztec and Navajo ircraft, operates to Erromanga, Lamap, ongana, Lonorore, Norsup, Santo, Tanna, ongoa, Vila and Walaha.

Solomon Islands

Solair, with Beech Barons, operates to Auki, vu Avu, Barakoma, Honiara, Kira Kira, Marau, Vono, Munda, Sege and Yandina.

Details from Solomon Islands Airways Ltd. ox C 25, Honiara, BSIP.

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