Airways
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Trans Pacific Services
SYDNEY - FIJI - TAHITI - MEXICO Qantas, with 7075, operates twice weekly out of Sydney on Thurs. and Sun. to Mexico City via Nadi, Papeete and Acapulco and return out of Mexico City on Tues. and Thurs.
SYDNEY - FIJI - TAHITI - CANADA Qantas, with 7075, operates weekly service out of Sydney on Fri. and return from Van couver on Fri.
SYDNEY - FIJI - HAWAII ■ CANADA CP Air, with DCS, operates twice weekly ser vices out of Sydney on Sat. and Mon. and Vancouver on Thurs. and Sat.
SYDNEY - NZ - HAWAII - US Air-NZ, with DClO's, operates from Sydney to Los Angeles, via Auckland, Honolulu Mon. and Sat., and returns same days. On Tues. and Fri. Air-NZ with DCB's operates the same route as above, returning on Wed.
SYDNEY • NZ - TAHITI - US Air-NZ, with DCBs, operates from Sydney to Los Angeles, via Auckland and Tahiti on
Sun. and returns the same day and on Friday SYDNEY - FIJI - HAWAII - US Qantas operates four times weekly betwee Sydney and San Francisco via Fiji and Honolul on Mon., Wed., Fri and Sat. with 7478 s an return Mon., Wed., Fri. and Sat. 707 s operat three times weekly to San Francisco via Hone lulu on Tues., Thurs. and Sun. and retur Tues., Thurs. and Sun. Additional 707 service Sydney/Nadi Tues. and Sat. and return.
BOAC, with VClOs, operates from Melbourn and Sydney to Los Angeles daily except Mor and Wed., and Los Angeles to Sydney an Melbourne daily except Mon. and Sat.
Sydney - Fiji • Hawaii
American Airlines, with 7075, operates thre daylight flights from Sydney to Nadi an Honolulu (Thurs., Sat., Mon.), returning froi Honolulu to Nadi and Sydney Tue., Thurs. an SYDNEY or NOUMEA - US (via FIJI,
Nz Or Tahiti)
UTA operates out of Sydney with DC 8-6 on Thurs. and Sun., with DC 10-30 on Fr and out of Noumea with DC 8-62 on Sal and Sun., with DC 10-30 on Fri. NZ on Thur: and Sat.
SYDNEY - US (via N. CAL, FIJI,
Or Hawaii)
PanAm, with 7475, arrives Sydney frown to Angeles, via Honolulu and Nadi, on Sun., Tue; and Thurs. and leaves on return flight the sam days.
PanAm, with 7075, operates four days week return trans-Pacific service out of Sydne and Los Angeles; Mon., Wed., Fri, flights t Australia go to Melbourne and return t Sydney the same day. Mon, Sydney-LA fligh is via Noumea and Honolulu. Jets connect witi services to London, Europe and Far East. Jet fly Sydney-Hawaii non-stop. Wed., Fri. and Sal and Hawaii-Sydney non-stop Mon., Wed, am Thurs.
Brisbane - Fiji
Qantas operates a 707 direct from Brisbam to Fiji on Sat. and Fiji to Brisbane on Sun
Melbourne - Fiji - Us
Qantas with 707 s and 747 s operates Mel bourne/San Francisco via Fiji and Honolulu oi Mon., Wed. and Fri.; weekly 707 service oi Sun. to San Francisco via Honolulu.
Melbourne - Fiji - Hawaii
American Airlines, with 7075, operates day light flights from Melbourne Tuesdays, leavini Honolulu on return Sundays.
MELBOURNE - NZ - TAHITI - HAWAII - U< Air-NZ, with DCBs, operates from Melbourne to Los Angeles via Auckland and Tahiti 0!
Wed., returning via Honolulu on Tues.
NZ - AM. SAMOA - TAHITI ar
Hawaii - Us
PanAm, with 7075, operates out of Auck land via Tahiti on Mon., Wed., Fri and via American Samoa on Thurs. and Sat. Out ol American Samoa, PanAm operates to the States on Thurs., Sat. and Sun. and out of Tahiti to the States on Tue., Thurs., 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).
Australia-Far East
Sydney - Png - Far East
Qantas operates a 707 service from Brisbane on Tues. and return from Hong Kong Tues. A service from Hong Kong ta Port Moresby
•erates on Fridays, and from Port Moresby Hong Kong on Fridays.
Pacific-Far East
Nauru - Micronesia - Japan
i Air Nauru operates a weekly service Nauru onape-Guam-Okinawa-Kagoshima and return, ith a Fokker F2B jet.
Details: Air Nauru, Nauru Government Office, !27 Collins St., Melbourne.
Japan - Tahiti ■ Peru
Air France, with 7075, operates Tues. and at. Tokyo-Lima via Papeete. Return from ima Thurs. and Sun.
Australia-Pacific Islands
(For other schedules touching these islands ie also trans-Pacific services).
Melbourne - Noumea - Honiara ■
Nauru - Tarawa And Majuro
Air Nauru operates a twice-weekly service, lelbourne-Brisbane-Noumea-Honiara-Nauru and iturn, using a Fokker F2B jet. Extra services re operated twice weekly to Majuro and irtnightly to Tarawa and return.
Details: Air Nauru, Nauru Government Office, 27 Collins St., Melbourne.
Sydney - Fiji
Air-lndia, with 7075, operates weekly irvices to Nadi on Fri., returning to Sydney i Sat.
Brisbane - Honiara
Air Pacific, with BACI-11, operates Fridays oniara to Brisbane and Saturdays Brisbane i Honiara.
Sydney ■ Lord Howe Is.
Airlines of NEW, with flying-boats, operates tree times weekly return services from 3se Bay, Sydney, to Lord Howe.
Sydney - New Caledonia
Qantas and UTA operate Sydney to Noumea on.. Wed., Fri., Sun.; and Noumea to Sydney l Mon., Wed., Sat., Sun.
Australia - New Zealand
BOAC, with VClOs, operates Mon. from rdney to Auckland; on Sat. from Melbourne i Auckland.
Sydney - Norfolk Is.
Qantas, with DC4s, operates three times eekly. More in holiday periods.
Australia - Png
TAA and Ansett, with 727 s or DC9s, operate times a week from Brisbane, Sydney or lelbourne to Pt. Moresby.
Mon., TAA DC9 T Jet service operates Towns- I le via Cairns, for Port Moresby, returning t Tue. Port Moresby to Cairns, Townsville, ackay, Brisbane, Sydney. Tue., TAA CTC9 00 am Port Moresby to Honiara direct and (turning same day to connect to Cairns, jwnsville, Mackay, Brisbane and arriving in fdney at 7.50 pm Tue. On Thurs., TAA ikkers fly Townsville, Cairns, Port Moresby id return same day 12.20 pm Port Moresby, aims, Townsville, Mackay, Rockhampton, arrive risbane 8.40 pm.
Ansett, with a DC9, operates Wed. service iirns-Port Moresby-Cairns-Townsville, and with Fokker, a Thursday service Port Moresby lirns.
TAA has Fokker, DC3 and Twin Otter air aft available for charter.
Mew 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 n Wed. and Fri.
Nz - Fiji
Air-NZ operates a daily service to Nadi and (turn. On Thurs. the DCIO operates to Nadi id returns on Sat. All other days are oper ed by DOS's.
Nz - Fiji - Am. Samoa
Air-NZ, with DCBs, operates to Pago Pago ia Nadi on Tues. and Sat., and returns on ues. and Fri.
Nz - Tahiti
UTA, with DC.B-62, operates from Auckland n Thurs. and Sat. and returns Thurs. and Sun.
Air-NZ, with DCBs, operates twice weekly 10m Auckland on Wed. and Sun., returning it. and Mon.
Nz - New Caledonia
UTA operates weekly from Auckland on it. and returns on Sat.
Air-NZ, with DCBs, operates from Auckland oumea on Thursday and returns the same day.
Nz - Norfolk Is.
Air-NZ, with chartered DC4 operates to Nor »lk Is. every Sunday. A Qantas service returns /ery Saturday. Additional services to Norfolk . on Sept. 6,8, 13; Norfolk Is. to Auckland i Sept. 5, 7 and 12.
Auckland - Sydney ■ Singapore
Air-NZ, with DCBs leaves Auckland via Sydney ir Singapore on Tuesdays and Saturdays and sturns same days. On Tuesdays the Syd/Akl ictor is operated by DCIO.
Auckland - Sydney - Hong Kong
Air-NZ operates to Hong Kong from Auckland a Sydney every Wed. and Sun. On Wed.
ClO's to Sydney and DCB's to Hong Kong, on jn. DCB's from Auckland/Sydney/Hong Kong, eturn service operates same day via Bris ane.
Nadi • Rarotonga
Air-NZ, with chartered HS74B, operates from adi to Rarotonga every Sunday, and returns ime day.
Niter - Territory Services
Tahiti - Easter Is. - Chile
LAN-Chile, with 7075, operates weekly, leav ig Santiago Thurs., arriving Papeete Thurs. vening, dep. Fri. evening, arr. Santiago Sat. topover Easter Is. each way.
Fiji ■ Geic
Air Pacific, with 7485, operates from Suva ) Tarawa via Nadi and Funafuti on Fridays nd alternate Mondays and returns to Suva ia Funafuti and Nadi on Saturdays and Iternate Tuesdays.
Geic - Nauru
Air Pacific and Air Nauru each operate fort ightly between Nauru and Tarawa.
Nauru - Marshall Is.
Air Nauru makes a twice-weekly flight Nauru lajuro and return with a Fokker F2B Jet.
Details: Air Nauru, 227 Collins St., Mel ourne.
Fiji - Western Samoa
Air Pacific, with BAC l-lls, 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 uee services a week: Nadi-Apia Mon., Thurs., ri.; Apia-Nadi Wed., Thurs., Sat.
Papua New Guinea - Singapore
Qantas, using 7075, operates from Port \oresby to Singapore via Darwin on Saturdays, nd returns from Singapore via Darwin on hursdays, arriving Port Moresby Friday.
Western Samoa - Tonga
Polynesian Airlines, with 7485, operates three ervices weekly from Apia to Tonga on lon., Wed., Fri. Return service from Tonga on ues., Thurs. and Sat.
FIJI • N. HEBRIDES - BSIP -
P. Moresby - Brisbane
Air Pacific, with BAC 1-1 Is, operates from uva on Sun., Wed. and Fri., via Nadi to Vila nd Honiara, the Sunday service extending to ort Moresby, and the Friday service extend ig to Brisbane, with return Saturday. Flights epart Honiara on Mon., Wed. and Sat. for uva via Vila and Nadi, and return from ort Moresby on Mon. only.
Fiji - Tonga
Air Pacific with 748 s operates from Suva o Nukualofa five times a week.
Fiji - Wallis/Futuna
Fiji Air Services operates charter services to Wallis and Futuna Is. derails: Fi|i Air Services. p .O. Box 1259, Suva (22-666).
FIJI - W. SAMOA ■ COOK IS.
Polynesian Airlines (chartered by Air-NZ) with HS74Bs, operates on Sundays from Nadi to Rarotonga, via Apia (technical stop), return ing via Aitutaki and Apia. These flights cross the international dateline.
Hawaii - Am. Samoa - Tahiti
PanAm, with 7075, operates from Honolulu to Pago Pago on Wed., Fri. and Sat., to Tahiti direct on Mon. and Fri, and to Pago Pago on Wed. and Fri. On Wed. and Sat.
PanAm operates 707 s from Honolulu, Pago Pago and Papeete. PanAm, with 7075, operates to San Francisco via Los Angeles on Tues., Thurs., Sat. and Sun., 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 orv 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; Tues. to Okinawa from Guam and Saipan. Return to Honolulu Wed. and Sat.
New Caledonia - Fiji
UTA operates with DCIO out of Noumea on Fri. to Nadi and returns on Mon. With DCS out of Noumea on Sun. and return on Sat.
New Caledonia • New Hebrides
UTA, with Caravelles, operates five return services a week, out of Noumea on Mon., Wed., Fri., Sat. and Sun. to Vila. Returning Mon., Wed., Fri., Sat. and Sun.
NEW CAL. - WALLIS IS. - NEW CAL.
UTA, with Caravelles, operates on the first, second and third Tues. of each month from Noumea.
New Guinea - Irian/Jaya
TAA operates DC3s Madang to Jayapura and return alt. Tues.
Merpati DCS Jayapura-Lae alternate Tues days, returning Lae-Jayapura 10 am Wednes days.
Png - Solomons
Air Pacific, with BAC 1-11, operates Sundays Honiara to Port Moresby and Mondays Pori 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 DCIO, operates from Papeete on Fri. and Sat., returning same days; and with DCS operates on Thurs. and Sun., returning Tues. and Thurs.
PanAm with 7075, operates to San Francisco, via Los Angeles on Mon., Wed. and Fri.; to San Francisco, via Honolulu on Thurs.
Sat.,- and to San Francisco, via Pago Pago and Honolulu, on Sat. 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.
Fri. and Sat.
W. Samoa - Am. Samoa
Polynesian Airlines, with 7485, operates between Apia and Pago Pago (four services, Fri.; three Mon., Tues., Thurs., Sat.; two Wed., 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 operates regular services to Labasa, Taveuni, Nadi, Suva and Savusavu.
Fiji Air Services, with Britten-Norman Islander and Beechcraft Baron aircraft, operates services to Castaway and Plantation village resorts (twice daily); The Fijian hotel, Korolevu Beach hotel and the Flagship Beachcomber hotel (twice daily Monday to Saturday); Levuka (twice daily Monday to Saturday); Lakeba (twice weekly, Mondays and Fridays); Vatukola (twice weekly). Charter flights operate to anywhere in the Pacific.
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, 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 and charter service to Raiatea, Bora Bora, Huahine, Rangiroa and Manihi.
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 Hono lulu, 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 Navajo and a deHavilland Heron, operates regular services linking Guam, Saipan, Tinian, and Rota, and charter services are available to other Trust Territory islands.
Details, Air Pacific Inc., P.O. Box 7689, Tamuning, Guam, 96911, U.S.A.
Lagoon Aviation Inc. with Grumman Wid geons, operates charter services for the Mar shalls district, based on Majuro.
Papua New Guinea
TAA and Ansett operate throughout Papua New Guinea.
Aerial Tours operates in Central, Western, Gulf and Sepik districts.
T.A.L. (GV) —Territory Airlines Pty Limited operates scheduled services and charter flights from Goroka, Kundiawa, Madang, Wewak, Vanimo, Mt. Hagen, Mendi to Highlands, Sepik and Coastal areas. Talco Territory Travel Ser vice of Papua New Guinea—Twin Otter Tourist flights throughout Papua New Guinea.
Further details from T.A.L,, P.O. Box 108, Goroka, Papua New Guinea.
Macair throughout Papua New Guinea.
Bougainville Air Services operates daily throughout Bougainville. There are now Mon., Wed. and Fri. services Kieta-Buin. 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 and Trislander operates to Santo, Malekula Norsup and Lamap), Aoba (Walaha and Longana), Pentecost (Lonorore), Erromanga, Tongoa, Aneityum, Tanna and Vila, Direct connections are available to and from Santo for all inter national flights arriving in Vila.
Details trom Air Melanesiae, P.O. Box 72, Vila.
Solomon Islands
Solair, with Beech Barons and Islanders operates to Auki, Avu Avu, Babanakira, Bara koma Bellona Is., Fera Is., Gizo, Honiara, Kira Kira, Marau, Munda, Parasi, Sege, Yandina, Santa Cruz, Mono, Rennell Is., Choiseul Bay, Ballalae and Ringi Cove. details from Solomon Islands Airways Ltd., Box 23, Honiara, BSIP.
Tonga
Tonga Tourist and Development Co, with Britten-Norman Islanders, operates between Fua'amotu, (airport for Nukualofa) and Vava'u Monday to Saturday. From August 1, service will commence between Fua'amotu and Eua.
Aircraft available for charter.
Details from Tonga Tourist and Development Co, PO Box 91, Nukualofa, Tonga. (Cables:



