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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 August 1971Vol. 42, No. 8

Australia-New Zealand

pp. 120-122 · Read in the full issue

Airways

Trans Pacific Services

US - HAWAII - BRISBANE - SYDNEY Qantas, with 7075, operates Brisbane and Sydney, departing from San Francisco to Sydney on Tues.

SYDNEY ■ FIJI - TAHITI - MEXICO Qantas, with 7075, 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 DCBs, operates weekly services out of Sydney on Sat. and Vancouver on Thurs.

SYDNEY - NZ - HAWAII - TAHITI - USA Air-NZ with DCBs, operates out of Sydney and Los Angeles on Wed., Fri., Sat. and Sun., return Wed., Fri., Sat. and Sun.

SYDNEY ■ FIJI - HAWAII - USA Qantas, with 7075, operates daily services, from Sydney to San Francisco, and San Francisco to Sydney.

BOAC, with VClOs, operates from Melbourne and Sydney to Los Angeles on Mon., Tues., Wed., Thurs., and Sat. and Los Angeles to Syd ney and Melbourne daily except Wed. and Fri.

American Airlines, with 7075, operates three daylight flights from Sydney to Nadi and Honolulu (Sat., Sun., Mon.), returning to Nadi and Sydney Thurs., Fri. and Sat.

SYDNEY or NOUMEA - USA (via FIJI,

Nz Or Tahiti)

UTA, with DCBs, operates out of Sydney on Mon. and Fri. and Noumea on Mon., Wed. and Sat., NZ on Thurs.

SYDNEY - USA (via N. CAL., FIJI

Or Hawaii)

PanAm, with 7475, arrives Sydney from Los Angeles, via Honolulu and Nadi, on Sun. and Thurs. and leaves on return flight the same day.

PanAm, with 7075, operates five days a week return trans-Pacific service out of Sydney and Los Angeles; Mon., Wed. and Fri. 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 London, Europe and Far East. Je fly Sydney-Hawaii non-stop both ways Tue: Wed., Fri.. and Sat.

NZ - AM. SAMOA - TAHITI OR

Hawaii - Usa

PanAm, with 7075, operates out of Auo land, via Tahiti, on Tues., and via Americ; Samoa and Honolulu on Thurs. and Sat. f Los Angeles and San Francisco.

American Airlines, with 7075, operates c of Auckland to Honolulu, via Nadi on Wed. ai Fri. and from Honolulu to Auckland, via Na on Mon. and Wed.

Fiji - Hawaii

American Airlines, with 7075, operates c of Honolulu to Nadi daily (Tues, and Sui flights via Pago Pago, and from Nadi to Hoc lulu daily (Thurs. and Tues, flights via Pa Pago).

Canada - Fiji

CP Air with DCBs, operates from Vancoui to Nadi on Sun., returning Tues.

Indonesia Or Malaysia ■ Usa (Via

Darwin, Noumea, Nz Or Tahiti)

UTA, with DCBs, operates a weekly serv out of Djakarta to Los Angeles on Tues, a return on Thurs. A non-stop Noumea-Singapt flight operates on Mon., Tues, and Thurs.

Australia-Far East

Sydney - Png - Far East

Qantas, with 7075, operates services out Sydney on Mon. and Wed. to Port Mores and Hong Kong, and return from Hong Kc on Tues, and Sun. Sun. flight via Manila.

Australia-New Zealand

Qantas, Air-NZ, BOAC and PanAm oper regular trans-Tasman services. The Qantas a Air-NZ services link major NZ cities w Australian east coast cities.

Australia-Pacific Islane

(for other schedules touching these islai see also trans-Pacific services.)

Melbourne ■ Nauru

Air Nauru, with a Falcon Fan jet, opera

weekly Melbourne-Brisbane-Honiara-Nauru,

takes no passengers for Honiara (Solomons)., Details: Nauruan Government Office, * Collins St., Melbourne.

Sydney - Fiji

Air-lndia, with 7075, operates wees services to Nadi on Tues., returning to Sydi on Wed.

Sydney - Lord Howe Is.

Airlines of NSW, with flying-boats, opera four times weekly, return services from R Bay, Sydney, to Lord Howe. Extras on holida

Sydney ■ New Caledonia

Qantas and UTA operate Sydney to Noun Mon. (2 flights), Wed., Fri.; and Noumea Sydney on Mon., Wed., Fri., and Sat.

Sydney - New Zealand - Fiji

BOAC, with 7075, operates services out Sydney on Mon. and Sat., and out of N on Tues, and Sun. NZ call is at Aucklae

Sydney ■ Norfolk Is.

Qantas, with DC4s, operates three til weekly. More in holiday periods.

Australia ■ Png

TAA and Ansett, with 727 s or DC9s, open 14 times a week from Brisbane, Sydney Melbourne to Pt. Moresby. .

TAA Fokkers operate Townsville, via Can for Port Moresby on Tues, and Brisba Townsville, Cairns, Port Moresby on Mon., H Moresby/Cairns, Townsville, Brisbane on Thu Ansett, with Fokkers, operates Wed. sery Townsville-Cairns-Port Moresby-Cairns-Townsvn Brisbane, and a Thursday service Port Mores Cairns-Townsville.

New Zealand-Pacific Is.

(See also trans-Pacific services.)

Nz - Am. Samoa

PanAm, with 7075, operates from Auckland Pago Pago on Thurs. and Sat., and returns Wed. and Fri.

Nz ■ Fiji

\ir-NZ, with DCBs, operates daily return vices from Auckland to Nadi with BOAC, ng 7075.

Nz - Fiji - Am. Samoa

Ur-NZ, with DCBs, operates services out of :kland on Tues, and Sat. and from Pago io on Tues, and Fri.

Nz - Tahiti

JTA, with DCBs, operates weekly from :kland on Thurs. and returns Wed. Air-NZ, h DCBs, operates weekly, from Auckland Sun., returning Sat.

Nz - New Caledonia

ITA, with Caravelles, operates weekly from imea on Tues, and returns Wed. Air-NZ, h DCBs, operates from Auckland on Sun jrning Sun.

- New Caledonia - New Hebrides

ITA, with Caravelles, operates fortnightly n Auckland to Vila, via Noumea, on Tues, returns Wed.

Nz - Norfolk Is.

ur-NZ, with chartered Qantas DC4s, operates e weekly, leaving Nl on Sat. and Auck i on Sun.

Nz - Fiji - Hawaii

jr-NZ with DCBs, operates out of Auck -1 to Fi|i and Honolulu on Thurs., and out Honolulu to Fiji and Auckland on Thurs.

Inter ■ Territory Services

Chile - Easter Is. ■ Tahiti

LAN-Chile, with 7075, operates weekly, leav ing Santiago Thurs., arriving Papeete Thurs. evening, dep. Fri. evening, arr. Santiago Sat.

Stopover Easter Is. each way.

Details LAN-Chile, 11th floor, Carlton Centre, 55 Elizabeth St., Sydney (28-9629, 28-5621).

Fiji - Geic

Air Pacific, with 7485, operates from Suva to Tarawa via Nadi and Funafuti on Satur days and returns to Suva via Funafuti and Nadi on Sundays.

Geic - Nauru

Air Pacific and Air Nauru each operate fort nightly between Nauru and Tarawa (weekly service).

Nauru - Marshall Is.

Air Nauru makes a fortnightly flight Nauru- Majuro and return.

Majuro - Geic

Marshall Islands Air Taxi Service operates weekly between Majuro and Tarawa return.

Fiji - Western Samoa

Air Pacific, with 7485, operates one service a week from Nadi to Apia via Suva, leaving Fiji Thurs. Return service from Apia to Nadi via Suva, leaves Apia Mon.

Polynesian Airlines, with 7485, operates one service a week from Nadi to Apia, leaving Nadi on Mon. Return service from Apia to Nadi, leaves Apia on Thurs.

Western Samoa - Tonga

Polynesian Airlines, with 7485, operates a twice weekly service from Apia to Tonga, leav ing Sun. and Wed. from Apia, arriving Tonga on Mon. and Thurs. respectively. Return service

leaves Tonga on Tues, and Fri., arriving Apia on Mon. and Thurs. respectively.

FIJI - N. HEBRIDES - BSIP - P. MORESBY Air Pacific, with 7485, operates from Suva on Wed., Fri. and Sun., via Vila and Santo, to Honiara. Planes leave Honiara on Tues., 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 Tues.

Fiji - Tonga

Air Pacific with 748 s operates from Suva to Nukualofa four times a week.

Fiji - Wallis/Futuna

Fiji Air Services operates weekly services to Wallis and Futuna Is.

Details: Fiji Air Services, P.O. Box 1259, Suva (22-666).

Hawaii - Am. Samoa

PanAm, with 7075, operates from Honolulu to Pago Pago on Wed. and Fri.

Hawaii - Am. Samoa - Tahiti

PanAm, with 7075, operates to Tahiti, via Pago Pago on Thurs. and Sat. and to Tahiti on Tues, and Sat.

Hawaii - Micronesia - Okinawa

Continental-Air Micronesia with 727 s operates from Honolulu, Wed. and Sun. via Midway (fuel stop only), Kwajalein, Majuro, Ponape, Truk, Guam and Saipan,- Tues, to Okinawa from Guam and Saipan. Return to Honolulu Wed. and Sat.

New Caledonia - New Hebrides

UTA, with Caravelles, operates four return services a week, out of Noumea on Mon., Wed., Fri. and Sat., making a call at Vila.

NEW CAL. - WALLIS IS. - NEW CAL.

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

New Guinea . West Irian

TAA, with DC3s, leaves Madang on alternate Sat. for Djayapura and returns the same day.

Png - Solomons

TAA, with Fokkers and DC3s, operates three times weekly. Wed. planes leave Moresby to Honiara, returning Thurs. Sat., Tues, leave Rabaul via Buka, Kieta, Munda, Yandina to Honiara, return Sun. and Wed.

Tahiti Lica

iit. nro ’ ♦ A T..»e UTA, with DCBs, operates on Mon., Tues., Thurs., Fri., Sat. (non-stop from Papeete to Los Angeles), and returns the same day.

PanAm, with 7075, operates to San Francisco, via Los Angeles on Mon. and Fri.; to San Francisco, via Honolulu on Tues, and Sat.; and to San Francisco, via Pago Pago and Honolulu, on Sun. and Thurs.; from San Francisco via Honolulu and Pago Pago, to Tahiti on Sat., and from San Francisco, via Los Angeles, to Tahiti on Wed. and Sat.

Air-NZ, with DCBs, flies to Los Angeles from Pa P eete on Sun -' leaves Los Angeles Fri.

W. Samoa - Am. Samoa

Polynesian Airlines, with DC3s, operates between Apia and Pago Pago at least twice a day (all flights, 45 min.), w camo a ei ii **• i . Polynesian Airlines, with 7485, operates Apia-Nadi on Thurs. and Nadi-Apia on Mon.

Tonga - Niue - W. Samoa

Polynesian Airlines, with 7485, operates weekly service from Tonga to Niue, leaving f ues arriving Niue Mon., leave Niue Mon., arriv e Apja s M ame day> ic ' IS.

Air Pacific (chartered by Air-NZ) with HS74Bs, operates fortnightly serwce from Nadi to Rarotonga, via Pago Pago (technical stop), returning via Aitutaki and Pago Pago. Service leaves Nadi on Thurs. and returns on Fri. (Fiji times).

Tahiti - Cook Is.

Air Tahiti with Piper Aztec, operates frc Papeete to Rarotonga.

Internal Services

Fiji

Air Pacific, with HS74Bs, DC3s and Hero operates regular services to Labasa, Mat Nadi, Nausori and Savusavu.

Fiji Air Services, with Beech Baron and Nl man Islander aircraft, operates to Ovalau I Korolevu, Natadola on regular service basis.; Details: Fiji Air Services, P.O. Box 12!

Suva (telephone 22-666).

French Polynesia

Air Polynesia, with DC4s, Twin Otters a Islanders, operates to Bora Bora, Huahiii Moorea, Rangiroa and Marquesas.

Details from Air Polynesie, P.O. Box 3 Quai Bir Hakeim, Papeete, and UTA offices.; Air Tahiti and Air Moorea, with light c craft, operate shuttle service from Papeete Moorea and charter service to Raiatea, Bi Bora, Huahine, Rangiroa and Manihi.

Air Tahiti with Piper Aztec and RAI w< Twin Otter operate services from Papeete Ua Huka.

Gilbert And Ellice Islands

Air Pacific, with Herons, operates regu services between Tarawa, Butaritari, No, Tabiteuea and Abemama.

Guam • Us Trust Territory

Continental-Air Micronesia with 727 s and D( operates regular service connecting Honolu Okinawa and Guam with Saipan, Rota, Y Palau, Truk, Ponape, Kwajalein and Majuro; Details from Air Micronesia, Saipan.

Air Pacific Inc. (not connected with the F based Air Pacific) with Piper Navajos, opera regular services linking Guam, Saipan, Tinii and Rota, and charter services are availai to other Trust Territory islands.

Details, Air Pacific Inc., Saipan.

Lagoon Aviation Inc. and Marshall Islai Air Taxi Service, both with Grumman Widgeot operate charter services for the Marshalls « trict, based on Majuro. Ml ATS has regu schedu'ed services to Kwajaleen and Ponai and utilises a D-50 Beech.

Papua New Guinea

TAA operates throughout the territory.

Ansett operates throughout the territory.

Aerial Tours operates mostly in the Ses district. . . u ..

Territory Airlines operates in the Hu lands. , , x Macair operates throughout the territory, Bougainville Air Services operates char services on Bougainville. Details: Kieta, Phi 159; Buku, Phone 16.

New Caledonia

Air Caledonie, with Twin Otters, and landers operates regular services to Hou lou, Isle of Pines, Isle Ouen, Kone, Koum Lifou, Mare, Noumea, Ouvea Touho, Mu Belep, Tiga. „ , , . M Details from Air Caledonie, Noumea.

New Hebrides

Air Melanesiae with Britten-Norman Island operates to Santo, Malekula (Norsup and Lam» Aoba (Walaha and Longana), Pentecost (La rore), Erromanga, Tongoa, Aneityum, Tanna < Vila. Twenty-one direct flights connect w all UTA flights Noumea-Vila and return.

Details from Air Melanesiae, P.O. Box Vila.

Solomon Islands

Solair, with Beech Barons and Island operates to Auki, Avu Avu, Barakoma, Belli Is., Gizo, Honiara, Kira Kira Marau, Mun Parasi, Sege, Yandina, Santa Cruz, Mono, R nell Is., Choiseul Bay and Ballalae.

Details from Solomon Islands Airways L.

Box 23, Honiara, BSIP.