Trans Pacific Services
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SYDNEY - FIJI • TAHITI - MEXICO Qantas, with 7075, operates twice weekly iyt of Sydney on Tues. and Sun. to Mexico ,ity via Nadi, Papeete and Acapulco and return >ut of Mexico City on Thurs. and Sun.
SYDNEY ■ FIJI - TAHITI - CANADA Qantas, with 707, operates weekly service ut of Sydney on Fri. and return from Van ouver on Fri.
SYDNEY - FIJI - HAWAII - CANADA CP Air, with DCS, operates weekly services •ut of Sydney on Sat. and Vancouver on Thurs.
SYDNEY - NZ - HAWAII - US Air-NZ, with DClO's, operates from Sydney to os Angeles, via Auckland, Honolulu Mon and • re t urns sarr| e days. On Tues. and n. Air-NZ with DCB's operates the same route s above, returning on Wed.
SYDNEY - NZ - TAHITI - US Air-NZ, with DCBs, operates from Sydney to os Angeles, via Auckland and Tahiti on un. and returns the same day and on Fridays SYDNEY - FIJI - HAWAII - US Qantas operates four times weekly between ydney and San Francisco via Fiji and Honolulu n Mon Wed Fri and Sat. with 7478 s and iturn Mon., Wed., Fri. and Sat. 707 s operate iree times weekly to San Francisco via Hono ilu on Tues., Thurs, and Sun. and return J S S " Ji nd Sun - Additional 707 services fdney/Nadi Thurs. and Sat. and return BOAC, with VClOs, operates from Melbourne id Sydney to Los Angeles daily except Mon. id Wed., and Los Angeles to Sydney and lelbourne daily except Mon. and Sat.
Sydney - Fiji - Hawaii
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SYDNEY or NOUMEA - US (via FIJI,
Nz Or Tahiti)
UTA, with DCBs, operates out of Sydney on Tues. and Fri. and Noumea, on Tues., Wed., Thurs., and Sun., NZ on Wed and Fri.
SYDNEY - US (via N. CAL., FIJI,
Or Hawaii)
PanAm, with 7475, arrives Sydney from Los Angeles, 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. Wed., Fri. and Sat. and Hawaii-Sydney non-stop Mon., Wed. and Thurs.
Brisbane ■ Fiji
Qantas operates a 707 direct from Brisbane to Fiji on Sat. and Fiji to Brisbane on Sun.
Melbourne - Fiji - Us
Qantas with 707 and 747, operates Mel bourne/San Francisco via Fiji and Honolulu on Mon., Wed. and Fri.; weekly 707 service on Sun. to San Francisco via Honolulu.
Melbourne - Fiji - Hawaii
American Airlines, with 7075, operates day light flights from Melbourne Tuesdays, leaving Honolulu on return Sundays.
MELBOURNE - NZ - TAHITI - HAWAII - US Air-NZ, with DCBs, operates from Melbourne to Los Angeles via Auckland and Tahiti on Wed., returning via Honolulu on Tues.
NZ - AM. SAMOA - TAHITI or
Hawaii - Us
PanAm, with 7075, operates out of Auck land via Tahiti on Mon., Wed. and Fri. and via American Samoa on Thurs. and Sat. Out of American Samoa, PanAm operates to the States on Thurs., Sat. and Sun. and out of Tahiti to the States on Mon., Tue., Thurs., Fri., Sat., Sun.
Auckland - Fiji - Hawaii
American Airlines, with 7075, operates out of Auckland to Honolulu, via Nadi on Wed., Fri. and Sun. and from Honolulu to Auckland, via Nadi on Mon., Wed. and Fri.
NZ - FIJI - HAWAII - US Air-NZ, with DClO's, leaves Auckland for Los Angeles, via Fiji and Hawaii on Thurs. and returns same day.
Fiji - Am. Samoa - 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 Sun. flights via Pago Pago).
Canada • Fiji
CP Air with DCBs, operates from Vancouver to Nadi on Mon., returning Wed.
Australia-Far East
Sydney - Png - Far East
Qantas, with 7075, operates out of Sydney to Hong Kong via Port Moresby on Sundays; returns from Hong Kong to Sydney via Manila and Port Moresby on Sundays. A 707 service also operates from Brisbane on Tues. and return from Hong Kong Tues. A service from Hong Kong to Port Moresby via Manila operates on Wednesdays, and from Port Moresby to Hong Kong via Manila on Fridays.
Pacific-Far East
Nauru - Micronesia - Japan
Air Nauru operates a weekly service Nauru- Ponape-Guam-Okinawa-Kagoshima and return, with a Fokker F2B jet.
Details: Air Nauru, Nauru Government Office, 227 Collins St., Melbourne.
Australia-Pacific Islands
(For other schedules touching these islands see also trans-Pacific services).
Melbourne - Noumea - Honiara -
Nauru - Tarawa And Majuro
Air Nauru operates a twice-weekly service, Melbourne-Brisbane-Noumea-Honiara-Nauru and return, using a Fokker F2B jet. Extra services are operated twice weekly to Majuro and fortnightly to Tarawa and return.
Details: Air Nauru, Nauru Government Office, 227 Collins St., Melbourne.
Sydney - Fiji
Air-lndia, with 7075, operates weekly services to Nadi on Tues., 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 Sydney to Noumea Mon., Tues., Wed., Fri.; and Noumea to Sydney on Mon., Wed., Fri., Sat.
Australia - New Zealand
BOAC, with VClOs, operates Mon. from Sydney to Auckland; on Sat. from Melbourne to 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 12 times a week from Brisbane, Sydney or Melbourne to Pt. Moresby.
Mon., TAA DC9 T Jet service operates Towns ville via Cairns, for Port Moresby, returning on Tue. Port Moresby to Cairns, Townsville, Mackay, Brisbane, Sydney. Tue., TAA DC 9 7.00 am Port Moresby to Honiara direct and returning same day to connect to Cairns, Townsville, Mackay, Brisbane and arriving in Sydney at 7.50 pm Tue. On Thurs., TAA Fokkers fly Townsville, Cairns, Port Moresby and return same day 12.00 pm Port Moresby, Cairns, Townsville, Mackay, Rockhampton, arrive Brisbane 8.30 pm.
Ansett, with a DC9, operates Wed. service Cairns-Port Moresby-Cairns-Townsville, and with a Fokker, a Thursday service Port Moresby- Cairns.
TAA has Fokker, DCS and Twin Otter air craft available for charter.
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 operates a daily service to Nadi and return. On Thurs. the DCIO operates to Nadi and returns on Sat. All other days are oper ated by DCB's.
Nz - Fiji - Am. Samoa
Air-NZ, with DCBs, operates to Pago Pago via Nadi on lues, and Sat., and return on lues, and Fri.
Nz - Tahiti
UTA, with DCBs, operates weekly from Auckland on Wed. and Fri. and returns Mon. and Thurs. 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.
Nz - Norfolk Is.
Air-NZ, with chartered DC4 operates to Nor folk Is. every Sunday. A Qantas service returns every Saturday.
Auckland - Sydney - Singapore
Air-NZ, with DCBs leaves Auckland via Sydney for Singapore on Tuesdays and Saturdays and returns same days. On Tuesdays the Syd/Akl sector is operated by DCIO.
Auckland - Sydney - Hong Kong
Air-NZ operates to Hong Kong from Auckland via Sydney every Wed. and Sun. On Wed.
DClO's to Sydney and DCB's to Hong Kong, on Sun. DCB's from Auckland/Sydney/Hong Kong.
Return service operates same day.
New Zealand - New Caledonia
Air-NZ, with DCBs, operates from Auckland- Noumea on Saturdays and returns the same day.
Nadi - Rarotonga
Air-NZ, with chartered HS74B, operates from Nadi to Rarotonga every Thursday and Sun day, and returns same days.
Inter - Territory Services
Tahiti - Easter Is. - Chile
LAN-Chile, with 7075, operates weekly, leav ing Santiago Thurs., arriving Papeete Thurs. svening, dep. Fri. evening, arr. Santiago Sat.
Stopover Easter Is. each way.
Fiji ■ Geic
Air Pacific, with 7485, operates from Suva o Tarawa via Nadi and Funafuti on Fridays md alternate Mondays and returns to Suva da Funafuti and Nadi on Saturdays and ilternate Tuesdays.
Geic - Nauru
Air Pacific and Air Nauru each operate fort lightly between Nauru and Tarawa.
Nauru - Marshall Is.
Air Nauru makes a twice-weekly flight Nauru- Hajuro and return with a Fokker F2B jet.
Details: Air Nauru, 227 Collins St., Mel ourne.
Fiji - Western Samoa
Air Pacific, with BAC 1-1 Is, operates one ervice a week from Suva to Apia, returning he same day. This flight crosses the Inter ational dateline.
Polynesian Airlines, with 7485, operates adi-Apia Fri., Mon, and Apia-Nadi Wed., Sat.
Papua New Guinea - Singapore
Qantas, using 7075, operates from Port loresby to Singapore via Darwin on Saturdays, nd returns from Singapore to Port Moresby ia Darwin on Thursdays.
Western Samoa - Tonga
Polynesian Airlines, with 7485, operates three srvices weekly from Apia to Tonga on ion.. Wed., Fri. Return service from Tonga on jes., Thurs. and Sat.
Ul - N. HEBRIDES - BSIP - P. MORESBY Air Pacific, with BAC 1-1 Is, operates from jva on Sun., Wed. and Fri., via Nadi to Vila id Honiara, the Sunday service extending to )rt Moresby. Flights depart Honiara on Mon., ed. and Fri. for Suva via Vila and Nadi, and turn from Port Moresby on Mon. only.
Fiji - Tonga
Air Pacific with 748 s operates from Suva » Nukualofa five times a week.
Fiji - Wallis/Futuna
Fiji Air Services operates charter services to allis and Futuna Is.
Details: Fiji Air Services. p.O. Box 1259 jva (22-666).
FIJI - W. SAMOA - COOK IS.
Polynesian Airlines (chartered by Air-NZ) th HS74Bs, operates on Thursdays and Sun ys from Nadi to Rarotonga, via Apia (tech :al stop), returning via Aitutaki and Apia, ese flights cross the International dateline.
Hawaii - Am. Samoa - Tahiti
PanAm, with 7075, operates from Honolulu Pago Pago on Wed., Fri. and Sat., to hiti direct on Mon. and Fri. and to Pago go on Wed. and Fri. On Wed. and Sat. nAm operates 707 s from Honolulu, Pago go and Papeete. PanAm, with 7075, operates San Francisco via Los Angeles on Mon.,
Tue., Fri. and Sat., to San Francisco from Papeete via Honolulu on Tue. and Sat., to San Francisco via Pago Pago and Honolulu on Sun. and Thurs. to Papeete flights operate from San Francisco via Honolulu and Pago Pago on Wed. and Sat. and to Papeete from San Francisco via Los Angeles on Mon., Wed., Fri. 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; lues, 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.
Merpati DC3 Djayapura-Lae alternate Tues days, returning Lae-D|ayapura 10 am Wednes days.
Png - Solomons
Air Pacific, with BAC 1-11, operates Sundays Honiara to Port Moresby and Mondays Port Moresby to Honiara.
TAA operates DC9 and DC3 aircraft three times weekly. Tuesday aircraft leaves Port Moresby 7.00 am for Honiara returning same day for Port Moresby and continues to Cairns, Townsville, Mackay, Brisbane and Sydney. Wed nesday and Saturday aircraft leave Rabaul for Honiara via Buka, Kieta, Munda and Yandina, returning Thursday and Sunday.
TAA Fokker Friendship leaves Port Moresby direct for Kieta Mon., Wed., Fri. and Sat. returning Wed., Fri. and Sat. direct and via Buka, Rabaul and Lae on Tue. and Thurs.
Kieta, Moresby via Rabaul Sunday.
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 Wed. and Sat., and from San Fran cisco, via Los Angeles, to Tahiti on Mon., Wed. and Sat.
W. Samoa - Am. Samoa
Polynesian Airlines, with 7485, 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 Thurs., arriving Niue Wed., leave Niue Wed., 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.
Internal Services
Fiji
Air Pacific, with HS74Bs, BAC 1-1 Is and Herons ooerates regular services to Labasa, Taveuni, Nadi, Suva and Savusavu.
Fiji Air Services, with Beech Baron and Norman Islander aircraft, operates 12 services per week (twice daily Mon. to Sat.) to Ovalau Is., Korolevu, Natadola, Deuba and Castaway Island resort. There is also a new service twice
weekly Mon. and Fri. dep. Nausori 0900 arr.
Lakeba 1025, dep. Lakeba 1040, arr. Nausori 1200. Charter flights operate to anywhere in the South Pacific.
Details: Fiji Air Services, P.O. Box 1259, Suva (telephone 22-666).
French Polynesia
Air Polynesia, with Fokker F 27 Friendship, DC4s, Twin Otters and Islanders, operates to Bora Bora, Huahine, Moorea, Rangiroa, Raiatea, Manihi, Marquesas, Maupiti and Tubuai, Austral Islands.
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 anc charter service to Raiatea, Bora Bora, Huahine, Rangiroa and Manihi.
Gilbert And Ellice Islands
Air Pacific, with Herons, operates regulai services between Tarawa, Butaritari, Nortl Tabiteuea and Abemama.
Guam - Us Trust Territory
Continental-Air Micronesia with 727 s am DC6s operates regular service connecting Hono lulu, Okinawa and Guam with Saipan, Rota Yap, Palau, Truk, Ponape, Kwajalein am Majuro.
Details from Air Micronesia, Saipan.
Air Pacific Inc. (not connected with the Fiji based Air Pacific) with Piper Navajo and deHavilland Heron, operates regular service linking Guam, Saipan, Tinian, and Rota, an charter services are available to other Trus Territory islands.
Details, Air Pacific Inc., P.O. Box Tamuning, Guam, 96911, U.S.A.
Lagoon Aviation Inc. with Grumman Wl( geons, operates charter services for the Ma shalls district, based on Majuro.
Papua New Guinea
TAA and Ansett operate throughout Papi New Guinea.
Aerial Tours operates in Central, Westen Gulf and Sepik districts.
T.A.L. (GV)— Territory Airlines Pty Limite —operates scheduled services and Charti flights from Goroka, Kundiawa, Madang, Wewal Vanimo, Mt. Hagen, Mendi to Highlands, Sep and Coastal areas. Talco Territory Travel 5e vice of Papua New Guinea —Twin Otter Toun flights throughout Papua New Guinea.
Further details from T.A.L., P.O. Box 10 Goroka, Papua New Guinea.
Macair throughout Papua New Guinea.
Bougainville Air Services operates dai throughout Bougainville. Details: Arawa, Phoi 956-159; Buka, Phone 16. Box 298, PO, Kiel
New Caledonia
Air Caledonie, with Twin Otters, and I landers operates regular services to Hou. lou Isle of Pines, Isle Ouen, Kone, Koumc Lifou, Mare, Noumea, Ouvea Touho, Mue Belep, Tiga. , , . ..
Details from Air Caledonie, Noumea.
New Hebrides
Air Melanesiae with Britten-Norman Island! operates to Santo, Malekula (Norsup and Lamai Aoba (Walaha and Longana), Pentecost (Lot rore), Erromanga, Tongoa, Aneityum Tanna s Vila Direct connections are available to a from Santo for all international flights arnvi * n Details from Air Melanesiae, P.O. Box : Vila.
Solomon Islands
Solair, with Beech Barons and Islandl operates to Auki, Avu Avu, Babanakira, Ba koma Bellona Is., Fera Is., Gizo, Honiara, * Kira, Marau, Munda, Parasi, Sege, . Yandn Santa Cruz, Mono, Rennell Is., Choiseul E and Ballalae. ... • * Details from Solomon Islands Airways Lt Box 23, Honiara, BSIP.



