Airways
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Trans Pacific Services
US - HAWAII - BRISBANE - SYDNEY Qantas, with 7075, operates via Brisbane, leaving Sydney on Thurs., departing from San Francisco on Thurs.
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 - US Air-NZ with DCBs, operates from Sydney to Los Angeles, via Auckland and Honolulu on Mon., Fri., and Sat. and returns Mon., Wed., and Sat.
SYDNEY - NZ - TAHITI - US Air-NZ, with DCBs, operates from Sydney to Los Angeles, via Auckland and Papeete on Sun. and returns Fri.
SYDNEY - FIJI - HAWAII - US Qantas, with 7075, operates daily services between Sydney and San Francisco via Fiji (except Thurs.) and Honolulu with 7478'5, Mon,.
Wed., Sat. Additional services between Aust. and Fiji on Fri., Sat. and Sun.
BOAC, with VClOs, operates from Melbourne and Sydney to Los Angeles on Tues., Thurs., Fri., Sat. and Sun., and Los Angeles to Sydney and Melbourne daily except Mon. and Sat.
American Airlines, with 7075, operates three daylight flights from Sydney to Nadi and Honolulu (Sat., Sun., Mon.), returning from Honolulu to Nadi and Sydney Thurs., Fri. and Sat.
Sydney - Fiji • Hawaii
American Airlines, with 7075, operates day light flights Sat., Sun., Mon., returning Thurs., Fri., Sat.
SYDNEY or NOUMEA - US (via FIJI,
Nz Or Tahiti)
UTA, with DCBs, operates out of Sydney on Tues. and Fri. and Noumea on Mon., Wed., Thurs., and Sun., NZ on Thurs.
SYDNEY - US (via N. CAL, FIJI,
Or Hawaii)
PanAm, with 7475, arrives Sydney from Los Anaeles, via Honolulu and Nadi, on Sun., Tues. and Thurs. and leaves on return flight the same days.
PanAm, with 7075, operates four 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. Jets
fly Sydney-Hawaii non-stop both ways Wed., Fri. and Sat.
Melbourne - Fiji
Qantas with /0/s operates Fiji, Fri., Sat., and Sun. (Sun. flight via Sydney).
Melbourne - Fiji - Us
Qantas, with 7075, operates from Melbourne to San Francisco via Fi|i on Tues. , Fri. and Sun.
Melbourne ■ Fiji - Hawaii
American Airlines, with 7075, operates day light flights from Melbourne Tues. and Thurs., leaving Honolulu on return Tues. and Sun.
MELBOURNE - NZ - HAWAII - US Air-NZ, with DCBs, leaves Melbourne for Los Angeles via Auckland and Honolulu, on Sat. and returns Wed.
MELBOURNE - NZ - TAHITI - US Air-NZ, with DCBs, operates from Melbourne to Los Angeles via Auckland and Papeete on Wed., returning on 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 Fri. and from Honolulu to Auckland, via Nadi on Mon. and Wed.
NZ - FIJI - HAWAII - US Air-NZ, with DCBs, leaves Auckland for Los Angeles, via Fiji and Hawaii on Thurs. and leaves on return same day.
Fiji • Hawaii
American Airlines, with 7075, operates out of Honolulu to Nadi daily (Mon. and Wed. flights via Pago Pago), and from Nadi to Hono lulu daily (Wed. and Fri. flights via Pago Pago).
Canada - Fiji
CP Air with DCBs, operates from Vancouver fo Nadi on Mon., returning Wed.
Australia-Far East
Sydney - Png - Far East
Qantas, with 7075, operates out of Sydney to Port Moresby, Manila and Hong Kong on Sundays; returns from Hong Kong to Sydney via Port Moresby on Sundays; and on Wed nesdays from Hong Kong via Manila and Port Moresby. A service from Port Moresby to Hong Kong operates on Fridays.
Australia-New Zealand
Qantas, Air-NZ, BOAC and UTA operate regular trans-Tasman services. Qantas and Air-NZ link major NZ cities with Australian east coast cities.
Australia-Pacific Islands
(For other schedules touching these islands see also trans-Pacific services.)
Melbourne - Noumea ■ Nauru -
Tarawa And Majuro
Air Nauru operates, on a temporary basis, a weekly service, Melbourne-Brisbane-Noumea- Honiara-Nauru and return (with extra services weekly Nauru-Majuro, and fortnightly Nauru- Tarawa), using a Fokker 28 jet.
Details: Nauruan Government Office, 227 Collins St., Melbourne.
Sydney - Fiji
Air-India, with 7075, operates weekly services to Nadi on lues., returning to Sydney on Wed
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 Svdney to Noumea Mon., Tues., Wed., Fri.; and Noumea to Sydney on Mon., Wed., Fri., Sat.
Sydney ■ New Zealand - Fiji
BOAC, with VClOs, operates from Sydney to Auckland and Fiji on Sat. from Melbourne to Auckland and Fiji on Monday,
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 Cairns 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.
Nz - Fiji - Am. Samoa
Air-NZ, with DCBs, operates services out of Auckland on Tues. and Sat. and from Pago Pago on Tues. and Fri.
Nz - Tahiti
* J . W . operates weekly from Auckland on Wed. and Fri. and returns Mon. and Wed. Air-NZ, with DCBs, operates weekly from Auckland on Sun., returning Sat.
Nz - New Caledonia
UTA with DCBs operates weekly from Noumea on Wed. and return Fri.
Air-NZ, with DCBs, leaves Auckland Sundays for Noumea and returns same day.
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 Fill and Auckland on Thurs.
American Airlines, with 7075, leave Auck land for Honolulu, via Nadi, on Wed. and Fri and return over same route Mon. and Wed.
Inter - Territory Services
Tahiti - Easter Is. - Chile
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
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
• Pa F'* ic ant * Air Nauru each operate fort service) between Nauru and Tarawa (weekly
Nauru . Marshall Is.
Air Nauru makes a weekly flight Nauru- Maiuro and return.
Fiji . Western Samoa
Air Pacific, with 7485, operates one service a wenk from Nadi to Apia via Suva, leavina .ii T hur s- Return service from Apia to Nadi i/ia Suva, leaves Apia Mon Polynesian Airlines, with 748, operates one service a week from Nadi to Apia, leaving Nadi on Fn Return service from Apia to Nadi, loaves Apia on Thurs
Papua New Guinea - Singapore
Qantas, using 7075, operates from Port Moresby to Singapore via Darwin on Thursdays; md returns from Singapore to Port Moresby na Darwin on Thursdays.
Western Samoa • Tonga
Polynesian Airlines, with 7485, operates three sendees weekly from Apia to Tonga on Mon., Wed., Fn. Return service from Tonga on Tues., Thurs. and Sat.
FIJI ■ N. HEBRIDES - BSIP - P. MORESBY A l i . r . Pac '/' c » with 7485, operates from Suva on Wed., Fn. 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, overnighting before flying to Fiji Tues. A BAC service starts April.
Fiji - Tonga
Air Pacific with 748 s operates from Suva to Nukualofa four times a week
Fiji - Wallis/Futuna
F'i' Air Services operates weekly services to Wallis and Futuna Is.
Details: Fiji Air Services, P.O. Box 1259 Suva (22-666).
Fiji - Am. Samoa - Hawaii
American Airlines, with 7075, operates out of Honolulu to Nadi daily (Mon. and Wed. via Pago Pago), and Nadi to Honolulu (Wed. and Fri., via Pago Pago).
FIJI - AM. SAMOA - COOK IS.
Air Pacific (chartered by Air-NZ) with HS74Bs, operates fortnightly service from Nadi 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 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 five return services a week, out of Noumea on Mon., Wed., Thurs., Fri. and Sat. to Vila. Returning Mon., Wed., Fri. (2 flights) and Sat.
NEW CAL. - WALLIS IS. - NEW CAL UTA, with Caravelles, operates a twice monthly service, leaving Noumea on the second and third Tues. 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, Munda, 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 Sun., Tues., Wed., 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., Tues. 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 Mon., Wed. and Sat.
Air-NZ, with DCBs, flies to Los Angeles from Papeete on Sun., leaves Los Angeles Fri.
W. Samoa - Am. Samoa
Polynesian Airlines, with HS74B and DC3, operates between Apia and Pago Pago (six services, Fri.; three Mon., Tues., Wed., Thurs., Sat., Sun.
Tonga - Niue - W. Samoa
Polynesian Airlines, with 7485, operates weekly service from Tonga to Niue, leaving
Tues., arriving Niue Mon., leave Niue Mon., arrive Apia same day.
Tahiti - Cook Is.
Air Tahiti with Piper Aztec, operates char ter service from Papeete to Rarotonga.
Details from Air Polynesie, P.O. Box 314, Quai Bir Hakeim, Papeete, and UTA offices.
Air Tahiti, with light aircraft, operates shuttle service from Papeete to Moorea and charter service to Raiatea, Bora Bora, Huahine, Rangiroa and Manihi.
Internal Services
Fiji
Air Pacific, with HS74Bs, DC3s and Herons operates regular services to Labasa, Matei, Nadi, Nausori and Savusavu.
Fiji Air Services, with Beech Baron and Nor man Islander aircraft, operates to Ovalau Is., Korolevu, Natadola, Deuba and Castaway Island resort.
Details: Fiji Air Services, P.O. Box 1259, Suva (telephone 22-666).
French Polynesia
Air Polynesie, with Fokker F 27 Friendship, DC4s, Twin Otters and Islanders, operates to Bora Bora, Huahine, Moorea, Rangiroa, Raiatea, Manihi and Marquesas.
Gilbert And Ellice Islands
Air Pacific, with Herons, operates regular services between Tarawa, Butaritari, North Tabiteuea and Abemama.
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 Fiji based Air Pacific) with Piper Navajos, operates regular services linking Guam, Saipan, Tinian, and Rota, and charter services are available to other Trust Territory islands.
Details, Air Pacific Inc., Saipan.
Lagoon Aviation Inc. with Grumman Wid geons, operates 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.
Aerial Tours operates in Central, Western, Gulf and Sepik districts.
Territory Airlines, a charter and third level airline, operates from Madang, Goroka, Mt.
Hagen, Chimbu and Mendi to Highland and coastal centres.
Macair operates throughout the territory.
Bougainville Air Services operates charter and fare services daily throughout Bougain ville, in Cessna and Britten-Norman Islander aircraft. Details: Arawa, Phone 956-159; Buka, Phone 16. Box 298, PO, Kieta.
New Caledonia
Air Caledonie, with Twin Otters, and Is landers operates regular services to Houai lou, Isle of Pines, Isle Ouen, Kone, Koumac, Lifou, Mare, Noumea, Ouvea Touho, Mueo, Belep, 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 rore), Erromanga, Tongoa, Aneityum, Tanna and Vila. Direct connections are available to and from Santo for all international flights arriving in Vila. Details from Air Melanesiae, P.O. Box 72, Vila.
Solomon Islands
Solair, with Beech Barons and Islanders operates to Auki, Avu Avu, Barakoma, Bellona 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.