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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 January 1972Vol. 43, No. 1

Airways

pp. 119-122 · Read in the full issue

Trans Pacific Services

US - HAWAII - BRISBANE - SYDNEY Qantas with 7075, operates via Brisbane Frandsco^on *Thurs. ThurS '' departi "9 San SYDNEY - Fiji . TAHITI - MEXICO mit a n# BS « Wlth 707 t' °P erat « twice weekly nul jS *5 yd - ney r? n Tues - and Fri - and return Acapulcof eXICO C 7 ° n TueS ‘ and Sat ‘ Stops at

Sydney -Fiji - Hawaii - Canada

A i r 'j W,th DCBs ' °P er ates weekly services out of Sydney on Sat. and Vancouver on Thurs.

SIDNEY - NZ - HAWAII - TAHITI - USA ■ A,r : NZ . , w, ]. h D CBs, operates out of Sydney Sat. f ° L ° S A " 9eles ° n Wed ' Fri ' SYDNEY - FIJI - HAWAII - US Qantas, with 7075, operates daily services between Sydney and San Francisco via Fiji L e - X th eP 7/7^ UrS ;l and Hon olulu (from Jan 19 Jirlc l 4 S ' M A On -' Wed ' Sat -)- Additional' ser vices between Aust. and Fiji on Fri., Sat. and and° A^Hn ith V + Clos ; °P erates fr om Melbourne Thnrc y p,- 6y c * to }° s Angers on Tues., murs., Fn Sat. and Sun., and Los Angeles to Sydney and Melbourne daily except Mon. and American Airlines, with 7075, operates three Honolulu « ! S tS c fr ° m , S / dney t 0 Nadi and u°"° u u J Sat ;' Sun -/ Mon.), returning from Honolulu to Nadi and Sydney Thurs., Fri. and

Sydney - Fiji - Hawaii

American Airlines, with 7075, operates dav- Frl^ t Saf^ 3 ' Un ‘' on,/ riming Thurs., SYDNEY or NOUMEA - US (via FIJI,

Nz Or Tahiti)

Mn U n TA '. Wl ?. operates out of Sydney on sit W7 d Fri - and Noumea on Mon., Wed. and «>at., NZ on Thurs.

SYDNEY - US (via N. CAL., FIJI,

B . Or Hawaii)

-Wltuht u h 7 f 7 , 3 ' arrives Sydne y from Los Angeles, via Honolulu and Nadi, on Sun., Tues.

days T * lUrs ‘ and leaves on return flight the same PanAm, with 7075, operates five days a n e^ k i retu I n fi ; ans -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. Jets tly Sydney-Hawaii non-stop both ways Wed rn. and Sat.

Melbourne - Fiji

Qantas with 707 s operates Fiji, Sat. and Sun. (Sun. flight via Sydney)

Melbourne - Fiji - Us

Qantas, with 7075, operates from Melbourne Sun 53 " Franc,sco via Fiii on Tues. , Fri. and

Melbourne - Fiji - Hawaii

American Airlines, with 7075, operate day ight flights from Melbourne Tues. and Thors* leaving Honolulu on return Tues. and Sun *' MELBOURNE - NZ - HAWAII - US ' Air-NZ, with DCBs, leaves Melbourne for Los Angeles via Auckland and Honolulu, Wed. and Sat. and returns Wed. and Sun.

NZ - AM. SAMOA - TAHITI or

Hawaii - Us

PanAm, with 7075, operates out of Auck land, via Tahiti, on Mon. and Wed., and via American Samoa and Honolulu on Thurs. and Sat. Los Angeles and San Francisco American Airlines, with 7075, operates out of Auckland to Honolulu, via Nadi on Wed. and on Mon. a„7 WeT “° '° A ° Cklan,i ' via Nadi NZ - FIJI - HAWAII . US Air-NZ, with DCBs, leaves Auckland for Los Angeles, via Fi|i and Hawaii on Thurs. and leaves on return same day.

Fiji . Hawaii

American Airlines, with 7075, operates out of Honolulu to Nadi daily (Wed and Fri ?uh? tS H^| a P /m 9 ° Pago l' a u d from Nadi t 0 Hono * PaJo) d V M ° n ‘ 3nd ThurS ’ fli9hts via Pa 9°

Canada - Fiji

w A ‘ r Wlt l?» DCBs ' °P erat « from Vancouver to Nadi on Mon., returning Wed.

Indonesia Or Malaysia - Usa (Via

Darwin, Noumea, Nz Or Tahiti)

UTA with DCBs, operates a weekly service Tphv\ karta r t 0 a OS An 9 e| es (connection at Tahit,) on Tues. A Noumea-Singapore flight op- DSa„a on on M T"hnrs Tl ' eS ' vi *

Australia-Far East

Sydney - Png - Far East

rj n an,as ' w [ th 7075, operates services out of fnH H V nnn n ir Mon - ar L d Wed ‘ to Port Moresby and Hong Kong, and return from Hong Kong on lues, and Sun. via Manila. 9

Australia-New Zealand

+r=.? an r as ' A ' r ‘ Nz . an£ t BOAC operate regular ml?or Ta N7 ian •t erVICeS - u QantaS and Air-NZ link dties NZ 85 W h Australian east coast

Australia-Pacific Islands

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

Melbourne - Nauru

Air Nauru, with a Falcon Fan iet ooeratM S k s y nn MelbOUrne ' Br i Sbane ' Honiara ' Nauru ' b ut llt k e Januafv^th f ° r - Honiara (Solomons). In twice wfth S an V 'F2B ,S j et expected »■> be CoUins'si., ° ffice ' 227

A . Sydney • Fiji

services to'NJ ith t ?o7s ' operates weekly on Wed Nd ‘ ° n TUeS- ' returnin 9 to Sydney

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

Sydney - New Zealand ■ Fiji

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

Sydney - Norfolk Is.

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

Australia - Png

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

TAA Fokkers operate Townsville, via Cairns, for Port Moresby on Mon., returning same day by same route. Tues., Townsville via Caims to

Port Moresby, and Port Moresby to Brisbane, via Cairns, Townsville, on Thurs.

Ansett, with Fokkers, operates Wed. service Cairns-Port Moresby-Cairns-Townsville, and a Thursday service Port Moresby-Cairns.

New Zealand-Pacific Is.

(See also trans-Pacific services.)

Nz - Am. Samoa

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

Nz - Fiji

Air-NZ, with DCBs, operates daily return services from Auckland to Nadi with BOAC, using VClOs.

Nz - Fiji • Am. Samoa

Air-NZ, with DCBs, operates services out of Auckland on lues, and Sat. and from Pago Pago on lues, and Fri.

Nz - Tahiti

UTA, with DCBs, operates weekly from Auckland on Thurs. and returns Wed. Air-NZ, with DCBs, operates weekly, from Auckland on Sun., returning Sat.

Nz - New Caledonia

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

Air-NZ, with DCBs, leaves Auckland Sundays for Noumea and returns same day.

NZ - NEW CALEDONIA - NEW HEBRIDES UTA, with Caravelles, operates weekly from Auckland to Vila, via Noumea, on Wed. and returns Mon.

Nz - Norfolk Is.

Air-NZ, with chartered Qantas DC4s, operates once weekly, leaving Norfolk Is. on Sat. and Auckland on Sun.

Nz - Fiji - Hawaii

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

Nz - Fiji - Hawaii

American Airlines, with 7075, leave Auck land for Honolulu, via Nadi, on Wed. and Fn. and return over same route Mon. and Wea.

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.

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 semce leaves Tonga on Tues. and Fn., 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 tc W SUVa Fut 6 - 6 AM. SAMOA - HAWAII American Airlines, with 7075, operates ou of Honolulu to Nadi daily (Mon. and Wed. vi Pago Pago), and Nadi to Honolulu (Wed. am Fri., via Pago Pago). ie FIJI - AM. SAMOA ■ COOK IS.

Air Pacific (chartered by Air-NZ) witl HS74Bs, operates fortnightly se ™“; f r ° m to Rarotonga, via Pago Pago (technical stop]

returning via Aitutaki and Pago Pago. Service leaves Nadi on Thurs. and returns on Fri.

Hawaii - Am. Samoa

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

Hawaii - Am. Samoa - Tahiti

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

Hawaii - Micronesia - Okinawa

Continental-Air Micronesia with 727 s operates

from Honolulu, Wed. and Sun. via Midway r i op on M' 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 operates DC3s Madang to Djayapura and return alt. Tues.

Png - Solomons

TAA operates Fokker and DC3s three times weekly. Wed. aircraft leaves Pt. Moresby for Honiara, returning Thurs. Tues. and Sat. air craft leave Rabaul for Honiara via Buka, Kieta Muntta Yandina, returning Wed. and Sun. A daily Fokker also leaves Pt. Moresby direct to Kieta, returning next morning.

Tahiti - Us

UTA, with DCBs, operates on Mon., Tues., Thurs., Fn., Sat. (non-stop from Papeete to n A ?9 e,es )' . an d returns the same day.

PanAm, with 7075, operates to San Francisco, via Los Angeles on Mon., Tues. and Fn.,- to San Francisco, via Honolulu on Tues. and bat. ; 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 Mon., Wed. and Sat. frnm r PaA c CBS ' . fl ' eS t 0 L ° S An 9 e, « from Papeete on Sun., leaves Los Angeles Fri.

W. Samoa - Am. Samoa

Polynesian Airlines, with DC3s, operates between Apia and Pago Pago (four service*, Fn • three Mon., Thurs., Sat., Sun,; two Tues..

Ned., all flights 45 min.).

W. Samoa - Fiji

, Po| y n ®. s,an Airlines, with 7485, operates \pia-Nadi on Thurs. and Nadi-Apia on Mon.

Tonga - Niue - W. Samoa

Poynesian Airlines, with 7485, operates veekly service from Tonga to Niue, leaving ues., arriving Niue Mon., leave Niue Mon irnve Apia same day.

Tahiti - Cook Is.

'Ll ahlt, f With r> Piper Aztec ' operates char er service from Papeete to Rarotonga.

Internal Services

.. Fiji

n^ t « aC i fiC 'i With H ? 748s ' DC3s a "<* Herons /hi M a .,cn 9 “ ar . Se^ vices Labasa, Matei. adi, Nauson and Savusavu. l /n" i i^ ir^ Servi - es '. with Beech Baron and Nor nrniJi. l er * !l ir . Craft ' operates to Ovalau Is., nJta-Vc N tado i? regular service basis.

Uetails; F 111 Air Services, P.O. Box 1259 Jva (telephone 22-666).

French Polynesia

l^nH*r P c olynesie '. with Dc4s ' Twin Otters and landers, operates to Bora Bora, Huahine oorea, Rang.roa, Raiatea, Manih,' and Mar iflfuT- Air „ Po, y nes 'e< P.O. Box 314. 4 r ß T a lr e,m '.. ap^e,e ' and UTA offices.

Air Tahiti, with light aircraft, operates artlf AVJ 106 / r °D m - Pa P fiete t 0 Moorea and n?iro. S 7nd e Manihl' 6 *' B ° Fa B ° ra ' Huahina ’

Gilbert And Ellice Islands

Air Pacific, with Herons, operates regular

s. ■srajsr- Bu,ari,ari -

Guam - Us Trust Territory

Continental-Air Micronesia with 727 s and DC6s operates regular service connecting Honolulu Okinawa and Guam with Saipan, Rota, Yap Palau, Truk, Ponape, Kwajalein and Majuro. ' Details from Air Micronesia, Saipan Air Pacific Inc. (not connected with the Fiii based Air Pacific with Piper Navajos, operates and Rn fi erV,Ce i , L nkmg Guam ' Saipan, Tinian, r 3n . d T cha -? er services are available t 0 °ther Trust Territory islands.

Details, Air Pacific Inc., Saipan.

Lagoon Aviation Inc. with Grumman Wid -9P® r ? t i es charter services for the Mar shalls district, based on Majuro.

Papua New Guinea

TAA operates scheduled services throughout the territory, and has Fokker, DC3 and Twin Otter aircraft available for charter.

Ansett operates throughout the territory Gain'd 2SJEBSS! in Ce " ,ral - WK,em - Territory Airlines, a charter and third level airhne, operates from Madang, Goroka, Mt.

SSgSft STres. and Mendi ,0 Hl9hland and Macair operates throughout the territory.

Bougainville Air Services operates charter and fare services daily throughout Bougain 'n Cessna and Britten-Norman Islander aircraft Detads; Kieta, Phone 159, Buka Phone 16.

New Caledonia

Air Caledonie, with Twin Otters, and Is landers operates regular services to Houai n&n S a/i ° f Pl M es ' ls,e ° uen ' Kone ' Koumac, Litou, Mare, Noumea, Ouvea Touho, Mueo celep, Tiga.

Details from Air Caledonie, Noumea.

New Hebrides

Air Melanesiae with Britten-Norman Islanders operates to Santo, Malekula (Norsup and Lamap],

Aoba (Walaha and Longana), Pentecost (Lono rorej, Erromanga, Tongoa, Aneityum, Tanna and Vila. Twenty-one direct flights connect with all UTA flights Noumea-Vila and return.

Details from Air Melanesiae, P.O. Box 72, Vila.

Solomon Islands

Solair, with Beech Barons and Islanders operates to Auki, Avu Avu, Barakoma, Beilona Is., Fera Is., Gizo Honiara, Kira Kira, Marau, Munda, Parasi, Sege, Yandina, Santa Cruz, Mono, Rennell Is. Choiseul Bay and Ballalae.

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