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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 November 1970Vol. 41, No. 11

Airways

pp. 118-121 · Read in the full issue

Trans Pacific Services

SYDNEY - BRISBANE - HAWAII - US Qantas, with 707's, operates Brisbane and Sydney, departing from San Francisco to Sydney on Tues.

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

SYDNEY - FIJI • HAWAII - CANADA CP Air, with DCB's, operates weekly services out of Sydney on Sat. and Vancouver on Thurs.

SYDNEY - NZ - HAWAII or TAHITI • USA Air-NZ, with DCB's, operates out of Sydney 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 San Francisco daily.

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

NOTE: Services ex-Melbourne started July.

American Airlines, with 707's, operates two daylight flights from Sydney to Nadi and Honolulu and one non-stop daylight flight to Honolulu, returning to Sydney from Honolulu on Thurs., Fri. and Sat., the Thurs. service being direct.

SYDNEY or NOUMEA - USA (via FIJI

Nz Or Tahiti)

UTA, with DCB's, operates out of Sydney on Fri. and Sun, and Noumea on Mon. and Wed.

SYDNEY - USA (VIA N. CAL, NZ, FIJI,

Am. Samoa Or Hawaii)

PanAm, with 747'5, arrive Sydney from Los Angeles, via Honolulu and Nadi, on Sun, and

Thurs., and leave on return flight the same day. With 707's PanAm operates daily return trans-Pacific service out of Sydney and Lo« Angeles; also, extra Wed. and Sat. flights oul of Sydney terminate at Honolulu. Mon., Wed. and Sat. flights to Australia go to Melbourne and return to Sydney the same day. Mon.

Sydney-LA flight is via Noumea and Honolulu, Jets connect with services to the Far East, New York and London. Jets fly Sydney-Hawaii non-stop both ways Sun., Wed. and Fri.

NZ - AM. SAMOA . TAHITI OR HAWAII

Usa

PanAm, with 707's, operates out of Auck land for American Samoa and Honolulu or Tues. for Tahiti and Los Angeles.

American Airlines, with 707's, operates oul of Auckland to Honolulu via Pago Pago or Wed. and via Nadi on Thurs., and out ot Honolulu for Pago Pago and Auckland on Mon.

NZ - FIJI - HAWAII • USA American Airlines, with 707's operates out of Auckland to Fiji and Honolulu on Thurs., and out of Honolulu for Fiji and Auckland or Tues.

Fiji • Usa

American Airlines, with 707's, operates oul of Honolulu to Fiji on Tues., Wed., Fri., Sat, and Sun., and out of Fiji to Honolulu on Tues., Thurs., Fri., Sat. and Sun.

Indonesia Or Malaya • Usa (Via

Darwin, Noumea, Nz Or Tahiti)

UTA, with DCB's, operates a weekly servici out of Djakarta to Los Angeles on Mon. and return on Sun. A non-stop Noumea-Singapon flight operates on Thurs.

Australia-Far East

Sydney ■ P-Ng - Far East

Qantas, with 707's, operates services out ol Sydney on Mon., and Wed. to Port Moresby and Hong Kong, and return from Hong Kong on Tues. and Sun.

Australia-New Zealand

Qantas, Air-NZ, BOAC and PanAm operate regular trans-Tasman services. The Qantas aad Air-NZ services link major NZ cities with Australian east coast cities.

Australia-Pacific Islands

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

Brisbane - Nauru

Air Nauru, with a Falcon Fan jet, operates weekly Brisbane-Honiara-Nauru and takes no passengers for Honiara (Solomons).

Details: Nauruan Government Office, 227 Collins St., Melbourne.

Sydney - Fiji

Alr-lndia, with 707's, operates weeklv services to Nadi on lues., returning to Sydney on Wed. Qantas, with 707's, operates weakly on Sat. to Nadi, returns Sydney same day.

Sydney - Lord Howe Is.

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

Sydney - New Caledonia

Qantas operates Sydney to Noumea Mon. and Ned.-, UTA on Fri. and Sun and Noumea to Sydney; Qantas on Mon. and Wed.; UTA on Fri. and Sat.

Sydney - New Zealand - Fiji

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

Sydney - Norfolk Is.

Qantas, with DC4's, operates three times weekly. More in holiday periods.

Australia - P-Ng

TAA and Ansett, with 727'5, operate 13 Mmes a week from Sydney or Melbourne to Pt. Moresby.

Queensland - Papua

TAA Fokkers operate Townsville, via Cairns, For Pt. Moresby on Tues. and Mon. and returns an Mon. and Thurs. Thurs. flight returns to Brisbane via Cairns, Townsville and Rockhamp ton.

Ansett, with Fokkers, leaves Cairns on Wed. and Thurs, for Pt. Moresby and returns same day.

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 Wed. Air-NZ,

with DCB's, operates from Auckland on Sun. and from Papeete on Sat.

Nz - New Caledonia

UTA, with Caravelles, operates weekly from Noumea on Tues. and returns Wed. 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.

Nz - Fiji - Hawaii

Air-NZ, with DCB's, operates out of Auck land to Fiji and Honolulu on Thurs., and out of Honolulu to Fiji and Auckland on Thurs.

Inter - Territory Services

Chile - Easter Is. - Tahiti

Lan-Chile, with 707's, operates weekly, leaving Santiago on Thurs., leaving Papeete on Fri. (returning to 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 Suva on Sat. and making stops en route at Nadi, Funafuti and Tarawa. Planes return from Nauru on Sun.

Fiji - Western Samoa - Tonga

Fiji Airways, with 748's, operates one service a week from Suva to Apia and Nukualofa, via Nadi, leaving Monday, and one from Nadi to Apia and Nukualofa, leaving Wed. Return services, one to Suva and one to Nadi on Mon. and Fri.

FIJI - NEW HEBRIDES - BSIP •

Port Moresby

Fiji Airways, with 748's, operates from Suva on Wed., Fri. and Sun., via Vila and Santo, to Honiara. Planes leave Honiara on lues., Thurs. and Sat. for Suva. On Mon. 748's fly direct to Pt. Moresby from Honiara and return to Honiara same day; staying overnight before flying to Fiji lues.

Fiji - Tonga

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

Hawaii . Am. Samoa

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

Hawaii - Am. Samoa - Tahiti

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

Hawaii - Nauru - Micronesia

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

New Caledonia - New Hebrides

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

NEW CAL. - WALLIS IS. - NEW CAL.

UTA, with Caravelles, operates a monthly service, leaving Noumea on the second Thurs. of the month.

New Guinea - West Irian

TAA, with DC3's, leaves Madang on alternate Sat. for Djayapura and returns the same day.

P-Ng - Solomons

TAA, with Fokkers" and CfC3's, operates twice weekly. Wed. planes leave Moresby via Muna to Honiara, returning Thurs. Sat. leave Rabaul via Buka, Kieta, Munda, Yandina to Honiara, returning Sun,

Tahiti - Usa

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

PanAm, with 707's, operates to Los Angeles from Papeete on Mon., Tues., Fri. and Sat.

The Thurs. flight takes in Pago Pago and 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 DC3's, operates etween Apia and Pago Pago at least twice day (all flights, 45 min.).

W. Samoa - Tonga

Polynesian Airlines, with 748's, operates wice weekly Apia-Nukualofa.

W. Samoa - Fiji

Polynesian Airlines, with 748's, operates rom Apia on Mon., returning to Nadi on

Internal Services

Am. Samoa - West Samoa

Three charterers operate: Air Samoa Ltd. of ipia and South Seas Airways and Air Samoa nc. of Pago Pago.

Apia's firm, with Islanders, flies Fagalii, aleolo and Asau; South Seas, with a Cherokee eaplane, to Pago, Manua, Rose and Swains nd Air Samoa Inc., with Cessnas, to Pago nd Faleolo.

Fiji

I Fiji Airways, with DC3's and Herons operates egular services to Labasa, Matei, Nadi, Nausori md Savusavu.

Details: Qantas, BOAC or Air-NZ.

Air Pacific, with Beech Barons, operates to )valau Island, Korolevu, Natadola, Ba and Vatu ;oula and with Grumman Mallard Amphibian 0 Vanua M'Balavu, Kadavu and Lakeba.

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

French Polynesia

Air Polynesia, with DC4's, Twin Otters and 1 Bermuda flying-boat, operates to Bora Bora, luahine, Moorea, Papeete, Raiatea and langiroa.

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

Air Tahiti and Air Moorea, with light air :raft, operate charter services from Papeete o Moorea, Raiatea and Bora Bora.

Gilbert And Ellice Islands

Fiji Airways, with Herons, operates regular ervices between Tarawa, Butaritari, North abiteuea and Abemama.

Guam - Us Trust Territory

Air Micronesia, with 727's and DC6's, iperates regular services connecting Saipan with suam, Yap, Koror, Ponape, Truic, Kwajalein, lAajuro and Rota.

Details from Air Micronesia, Saipan and lonolulu.

Papua • New Guinea

TAA, operates to Baimuru, Baiyer River, lali, Balimo, Banz, Bialla, Buin, Bulolo, Buka, :ape Hoskins, Chimbu, Daru, Esa'ala, Finsch lafen, Garaina, Gasmata Is., Goroka, Gurney, hu, Jacquinot Bay, Kainantu, Kandrian, Cavieng, Kerema, Kieta, Kikori, Lae, Madang, Aalalau, Manus, Mendi, Mini, Misima, Mt. lagen, Munda, Namatanai, Nissan Is., Popon letta, Pt. Moresby, Rabaul, Samarai, Talasea, ’ol, Vanimo, Wabag, Wakunai, Wau, Wapena nanda, Wewak, Yandina.

Ansett, operates to Banz, Buin, Buka, Bulolo, Goroka, Kainantu, Kagua, Kavieng, Kieta, Kundiawa, Lae, Madang, Mendi, Mt. Hagen, Momote, Nuku, Pt. Moresby, Rabaul, Vanimo, Wabag, Wakunai, Wapenamanda, Wau, Wewak and Yangoru.

Papuan Airlines operates to Aroa, Balimo, Bereina, Cape Rodney, Daru, Gurney, Kairuku, Kokoda, Losuia, Mendi, Mt. Hagen, Paili, Popondetta, Pt. Moresby, Rorona, Tapini, Vivigani, Wanigela and Woitape, Girua, Rorona, Tufi, Safia.

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

New Caledonia

Air Caledonie, with Twin Otters, Herons and Islanders operates regular services to Hienghene, Houailou, Isle of Pines, Isle Ouen, Kone,

Kouaoua, Koumac, Lifou, Mare, Noumea, Ouvea, Poindimie, Touho, Voh.

Details from Air Caledonie, Noumea.

New Hebrides

Air Melanesia, with Norman Islanders, operates to Erromanga, Lamap, Longana, Lonorore, Norsup, Santo, Tanna, Tongoa, Vila and Walaha.

Details from Air Melanesia, Vila.

Solomon Islands

Solair, with Beech Barons and Doves, operates to Auki, Avu Avu, Barakoma, Gizo, Honiara, Kira Kira, Marau, Munda, Parasi, Sege, Yandina, Santa Cruz, Mono and Rennell Is.

Details from Solomon Islands Airways Ltd., Box 23, Honiara, BSIP.