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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 May 1972Vol. 43, No. 5

Airways

pp. 112-114 · Read in the full issue

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 VCIOs, operates from Melbourne and Sydney to Los Angeles, 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. Sydnev-LA flight is via Noumea and Honolulu. Jets connect with services to London, Europe and Far East. Jets fly Sydney-Hawaii non-stop both wavs Wed., Fri. and Sat.

Melbourne ■ Fiji

Qantas witn 70/s operates Fiji, Fri., Sat., anc Sun. (Sun. flight via Sydney).

Melbourne - Fiji - Us

Qantas, with 7075, operates from Melbourm to San Francisco via Fiji on Tues. , Fn. anc 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 Lo: Angeles via Auckland and Honolulu, on Sat and returns Wed.

MELBOURNE - NZ - TAHITI - US Air-NZ, with DCBs, operates from Melbourm to Los Angeles via Auckland and Papeete oi 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 vi< American Samoa and Honolulu on Thurs. am Sat. Los Angeles and San Francisco.

American Airlines, with 7075, operates ou of Auckland to Honolulu, via Nadi on Wed. am Fri. and from Honolulu to Auckland, via Nad on Mon. and Wed.

NZ - FIJI - HAWAII - US Air-NZ, with DCBs, leaves Auckland for Lo Angeles, via Fiji and Hawaii on Thurs. an leaves on return same day.

Fiji - Hawaii

American Airlines, with 7075, operates ou of Honolulu to Nadi daily (Mon. and Wed flights via Pago Pago), and from Nadi to Hone lulu daily (Wed. and Fri. flights via Pag Pago).

Canada - Fiji

CP Air with DCBs, operates from Vancouve to Nadi on Mon., returning Wed.

Australia-Far East

Sydney - Png - Far East

Qantas, with 7075, operates out of Sydne to Port Moresby, Manila and Hong Kong o Sundays; returns from Hong Kong to Sydne via Port Moresby on Sundays; and on Wed nesdays from Hong Kong via Manila and Por Moresby. A service from Port Moresby to Hon' Kong operates on Fridays.

Australia-New Zealand

Qantas, Air-NZ, BOAC and UTA operat regular trans-Tasman services. Qantas and Air-N! link major NZ cities with Australian eas coast cities.

Australia-Pacific Islands

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

Melbourne - Noumea - Nauru -

Tarawa And Majuro

Air Nauru operates a twice-weekly service Melb’ourne-Brisbane-Noumea-Honiara-Nauru an return, using a Fokker 28 jet. Extra service are operated twice weekly to Majuro an weekly to Tarawa and return.

Details: Nauruan Government Office, 22!

Collins St., Melbourne.

Sydney - Fiji

Air-lndia, with 7075, operates weekl services to Nadi on Tues., returning to Sydne on Wed

Sydney • Lord Howe Is.

Airlines of NSW, with flying-boats, operate four times weekly, return services from Ros Bay, Sydney, to Lord Howe. Extras on holidays

Sydney ■ New Caledonia

Qantas and UTA operate Sydney to Noumea Mon., Tues., Wed., Fri.; and Noumea to Sydne' on Mon., Wed., Fri., Sat.

Aust. - New Zealand - Fiji

BOAC, with VClOs, operates Mon. from Sydney to Auckland and Fiji on Sat. from Mel bourne 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 U 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

UTA, with DCBs, 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 >nce weekly, leaving Norfolk Is. on Sat. and Auckland on Sun.

Nz • Fiji - Hawaii

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

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

Nter - Territory Services

Tahiti - Easter Is. - Chile

LAN-Chile, with 7075, operates weekly, leav ng Santiago Thurs., arriving Papeete Thurs. ivening, dep. Fri. evening, arr. Santiago Sat. itopover Easter Is. each way.

Fiji - Geic

Air Pacific, with 7485, operates from Suva o Tarawa via Nadi and Funafuti on Satur lays and returns to Suva via Funafuti and *Jadi on Sundays.

Geic - Nauru

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

Nauru . Marshall Is.

Air Nauru makes a twice-weekly flight Nauru- Majuro and return.

Fiji - Western Samoa

Air Pacific with BAG 1-lls, operates one service a week from Nadi to Apia via Suva, eaving Fiji Tues. Return service from Apia to 'Jadi via Suva, leaves Apia Mon.

Polynesian Airlines, with 748, operates one ;ervice a week from Nadi to Apia, leavino sJadi on Fri. Return service from Apia to 4adi, leaves 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 ria Darwin on Thursdays.

Western Samoa • Tonga

Polynesian Airlines, with 7485, operates three services weekly from Apia to Tonga on Mon., Wed., Fri. Return service from Tonga on Tues., Thurs. and Sat.

FIJI - N. HEBRIDES ■ BSIP - P. MORESBY Air Pacific, with BAC 1-1 Is, operates from Suva on Sun., Wed. and Fri., via Nadi to Vila.

BAC 1-1 Is operate from Suva to Honiara via Nadi and Vila on Wed. and Sun., the Sunday service extending to Port Moresby. Planes leave Honiara on Mon and Wed. for Suva and return from Port Moresby on Mon. only. a- n -£* .It NGA . , c , A m b Pa< T l r lc J 4Bs °P erat ® s f rom Suva to Nukualofa four times a week. c ... A . PIJI • WALLIS/FUTUNA Fin Air Services operates weekly services to Wains and Futuna Is.

Details: Fi|i Air Services, P.O. Box 1259, buva (zz-ooo).

Fiji - Am. Samoa - Hawaii

American Airlines, with 7075, operates out

of Honolulu to Nadi daily (Mon. and Wed. via Pa .9o Pago), and Nadi to Honolulu (Wed. and Pri.. via Pago Pago).

FIJI - AM. SAMOA - COOK IS.

Air Pacific (chartered by Air-NZ) with HS74Bs, operates fortnightly service from Nadi ♦« 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 t 0 p a g 0 Pago on Wed., Thurs., Fri. and Sat.

Hawaii - Am. Samoa - Tahiti

PanAm, with 7075, operates to Tahiti, via p a g 0 p ago on Thurs. and Sat. and to Tahiti on Tues a and Sat-

Hawaii - Micronesia - Okinawa

Continental-Air Micronesia with 727 s operates from Honolulu, Wed. and Sun. via Midway (fuel S op 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., AV*jr s,/ J. ri * t 0 Y 1 Returnm 9 Mon., Wed., Fn. (2 flights) and Sat.

NEW CAL . WALLIS is mfw cai iita S?h rJrlw ii 5 S ' ' . EW W Caravelles, operates a twice ™ ntl ?Jy service, leaving Noumea on the second and third Tues. of the month.

NEW miIKIFA u/ccT idiam t• aU! „. GU rK T AN .

TAA operates DC3s Madang to Diayapura and rerurn alt. Tues.

Png - Solomons

TAA operates Fokker and DC3s three times weekly. Wed. aircraft leaves Pt. Moresby for Honiara, returning Thurs. Tues. and Sat. aircraft 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, operate shuttle service from Papeete to Moorea an charter service to Raiatea, Bora Bora, Huahine Rangiroa and Manihi.

Internal Services

Fiji

Air Pacific, with HS74Bs, BAC 1-1 Is am 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 Islam 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 t Bora Bora, Huahine, Moorea, Rangiroa, Raiatea Manihi and Marquesas.

Gilbert And Ellice Islands

Air Pacific, with Herons, operates regula services between Tarawa, Butaritari, Non Tabiteuea and Abemama.

Guam - Us Trust Territory

Continental-Air Micronesia with 727 s and DC6 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, operate regular services linking Guam, Saipan, Tiniar and Rota, and charter services are availabl to other Trust Territory islands.

Details, Air Pacific Inc., Saipan.

Lagoon Aviation Inc. with Grumman Wit geons, operates charter services for the Mai shells district, based on Majuro.

Papua New Guinea

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

Ansett operates throughout the territory.

Aerial Tours operates in Central, Westerr Gulf and Sepik districts.

Territory Airlines, a charter and third leve airline, operates from Madang, Goroka, M 1 Hagen, Chimbu and Mendi to Highland an coastal centres.

Macair operates throughout the territory.

Bougainville Air Services operates charte and fare services daily throughout Bougair ville, in Cessna and Britten-Norman Islands 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, Muec Belep, Tiga.

Details from Air Caledonie, Noumea.

New Hebrides

Air Melanesiae with Britten-Norman Islander operates to Santo, Malekula (Norsup and Lamap] Aoba (Walaha and Longana), Pentecost (Lone rore), Erromanga, Tongoa, Aneityum, Tanna an Vila. Direct connections are available to an from Santo for all international flights arrivin' in Vila.

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

Solomon Islands

Solair, with Beech Barons and Islander operates to Auki, Avu Avu, Barakoma, Bellom 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.