Airways
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Trans Pacific Services
SYDNEY - FIJI - TAHITI ■ MEXICO Qantas, with 7075, operates twice weekly out of Sydney to Mexico City via Nadi, Papeete and Acapulco.
SYDNEY - FIJI - TAHITI - CANADA Qantas, with 7075, operates weekly service out of Sydney.
SYDNEY - FIJI - HAWAII - CANADA CP Air, with DCS, operates twice weekly ser vices out of Sydney.
SYDNEY • NZ - HAWAII - US Air-NZ, with DClO's and DCB's operates fromr Sydney to Los Angeles, via Auckland andfc Honolulu three times weekly.
SYDNEY - NZ - TAHITI ■ US Air-NZ, with DCBs, operates from Sydney toe Los Angeles, via Auckland and Tahiti twicea weekly.
SYDNEY - FIJI - HAWAII - US Qantas operates four times weekly and returnn between Sydney and San Francisco via Fijiij and Honolulu with 74785; 707 s operate threes times weekly and return to San Francisco viaa Honolulu. Additional 707 services Sydney/Nadil Tues. and Sat. and return.
British Airways-BOAC, with VClOs, operates from Melbourne and Sydney to Los Angeles and return five times a week.
Sydney - Fiji - Hawaii
American Airlines, with 7075, operates three daylight flights from Sydney to Nadi ano Honolulu and return, and one direct flight to Honolulu.
Sydney - Us (Via Noumea, Fiji,
Nz Or Tahiti)
UTA operates out of Sydney three time: weekly, and return.
SYDNEY - US (via N. CAL, FIJI,
Hawaii)
PanAm, with 7475, arrives Sydney from Los Angeles, via Honolulu and Nadi three time: weekly and leaves on return flight the sam# days.
PanAm, with 707 s operates four days week return trans-Pacific service out of Sydnei to Los Angeles, via Noumea and Honolulu Mon., Wed., Fri. flights to Australia go t< Melbourne and return to Sydney the same day
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 Me bourne/San Francisco via Fiji and Honolul three times weekly; weekly 707 service o Sun. to San Francisco via Honolulu.
MELBOURNE - NZ - HAWAII ■ US Air-NZ, with DCBs, operates weekly fror Melbourne to Los Angeles via Auckland an Honolulu and return.
NZ - AM. SAMOA - TAHITI or
Hawaii - Us
PanAm, with 707 s operates out of Aucl land via Tahiti three times weekly, and twu via American Samoa. Out of American Samo< PanAm operates to the States three tim« weekly and out of Tahiti to the States foi times weekly.
AUCKLAND - FIJI - AM. SAMOA - HAWA American Airlines, with 7075, operates c of Auckland to Honolulu, via Nadi and retui two times weekly. Two flights per week v Pago Pago.
Australia-Far East
Sydney - Png • Far East
Qantas operates a weekly 707 service from Brisbane to Hong Kong and return, and a weekly service from Hong Kong to Port Moresby and return.
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.
Japan - Tahiti - Peru
I Air-France, with 7075, operates twice weekly [Tokyo-Lima via Papeete, and return.
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 Mtlbourne-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 Sydney to Nadi and return.
Brisbane - Honiara
Air Pacific, with BACI-II operates weekly Honiara to Brisbane and early morning return.
Sydney - Lord Howe Is.
; Airlines of NSW, with flying-boats, operates five times weekly return services from Rose Bay, Sydney, to Lord Howe.
Sydney - New Caledonia
Qantas and UTA operate Sydney to Noumea four times weekly and return.
Australia - New Zealand
British Airways-BOAC, with VClOs, operates weekly Sydney to Auckland and return, and a weekly service Melbourne to Auckland and return.
Sydney - Norfolk Is.
Qantas, with DC4s, operates three times weekly. More in holiday periods.
Australia - Png
1 TAA and Ansett, with 727 s each operate 7 times a week from Brisbane, Sydney or Melbourne to Pt. Moresby, i On Tues, Thurs, Fri, TAA Fokkers fly Townsville, Cairns, Port Moresby and return same day to Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne.
Ansett, with Fokker, operates Cairns, Port Moresby, Cairns, Townsville, Sun, Wed and Thurs.
New Zealand-Pacific Is.
(See also trans-Pacific services).
Nz • Am. Samoa
PanAm, with 7075, operates from Auckland '0 Pago Pago and return twice weekly. operates a weekly flight to Pago
Nz - Fiji
Air-NZ operates a daily service to Nadi and return.
Nz ■ Fiji - Am. Samoa
Air-NZ, with DCBs, operates a weekly flight to Pago Pago via Nadi.
NZ - FIJI - AM. SAMOA -
Cook Is.-Tahiti
Air-NZ DCS leaves Auckland Tuesdays for Nadi, Pago Pago, Rarotonga, Papeete, returning over same route, arriving Auckland Wednesday.
Nz - Tahiti
UTA, with DC.B-62, operates from Auckland and return twice weekly.
Air-NZ, with DCBs, operates twice weekly from Auckland and return.
Nz - New Caledonia
UTA operates weekly from Noumea on Sat. and return on Sun.
Air-NZ, with DCBs, operates from Auckland- Noumea on Thursday and returns the same day.
New Zealand - Cook Is.
Air-NZ DCS leaves Auckland Sundays for Rarotonga, arriving Saturday. Return flight leaves Rarotonga Saturday arrives Auckland Sunday.
Nz - Norfolk Is.
Air-NZ, with chartered DC4 operates to Nor folk Is. every Sunday and Thursday. A Qantas service returns every Saturday and Wednesday.
Auckland - Sydney - Singapore
Air-NZ DCIO leaves Auckland via Sydney for Singapore twice weekly and returns same days.
Auckland - Sydney - Hong Kong
Air-NZ operates to Hong Kong from Auckland via Sydney twice weekly. Return service operates same day via Brisbane.
Nadi - Rarotonga
Air-NZ operates from Nadi to Rarotonga every Tuesday, and returns same day.
Inter - Territory Services
Tahiti - Easter Is. - Chile
LAN-Chile, with 7075, operates from Santiago to Papeete and return. Stopover Easter Is. each way.
Fiji - Geic
Air Pacific, with 7485, operates from Suva to Tarawa via Nadi and Funafuti on Wednesdays and alternate Sundays and returns to Suva via Funafuti and Nadi on Thursdays and
alternate Mondays.
Geic - Nauru
Air Pacific and Air Nauru each operate fort nightly between Nauru and Tarawa.
Nauru - Marshall Is.
Air Nauru makes a twice-weekly flight Nauru- Majuro and return with a Fokker F2B jet.
Details; Air Nauru, 227 Collins St., Mel bourne.
Fiji - Western Samoa
Air Pacific, with BAC 1-1 Is, operates one service a week from Suva to Apia, returning the same day. This flight crosses the Inter national dateline.
Polynesian Airlines, with 7485, operates three daylight services a week.
Papua New Guinea - Singapore
Qantas, using 7075, operates weekly from Port Moresby to Singapore via Darwin and return.
Western Samoa - Tonga
Polynesian Airlines, with 7485, operates three services weekly from Apia to Tonga.
FIJI - N. HEBRIDES - BSIP •
P. Moresby - Brisbane
Air Pacific, with BAC 1-lls, operates from Suva on Sun., Wed. and Fri., via Nadi to Vila and Honiara, the Sunday service extending to
Port Moresby, returning Mon., and the Fridavi service extending to Brisbane, with returr Saturday. Flights depart Honiara on Mon., Wedfc and Sat. for Suva.
Fiji - Tonga
Air Pacific with BAC 1-1 Is and 748 s operates from Suva to Nukualofa four times a week> Saturday service operates via Nadi.
Fiji - Wallis/Futuna
Fiji Air Services operates charter services t(i Wallis and Futuna Is.
Details: Fiji Air Services, p.O. Box 1259 i Suva (22-666).
Hawaii - Am. Samoa - Tahiti
PanAm, with 7075, operates from Honoluh to Pago Pago three times weekly; to Tahiti direct twice weekly. PanAm, with 707' operates to San Francisco from Papeete vii Honolulu twice weekly; to San Francisco vii Pago Pago and Honolulu weekly. Papeetf flights operate from San Francisco via Honoluli and Pago Pago weekly and to Papeett from San Francisco via Los Angeles four time! weekly.
Hawaii - Micronesia • Okinawa
Continental-Air Micronesia with 727 s operate; from Honolulu three times weekly via Midwai (fuel stop only), Kwajalein, Majuro, Ponape Truk, Guam and Saipan; weekly to Okinaw, from Guam and Saipan.
New Caledonia - Fiji
UTA operates out of Noumea to Nadi an return twice weekly.
New Caledonia - New Hebrides
UTA, with Caravelles, operates five retur services a week, out of Noumea to Vila.
NEW CAL. • WALLIS IS. - NEW CAL UTA, with Caravelles, operates on the firs second and fourth Tues. of each month froi Noumea.
New Guinea - Irian/Jaya
I Air Niugini operates DC3s Madang to Jayapura and return alt. Tues.
Merpati DC3 Jayapura-Lae alternate Tues days, returning Lae-Jayapura Wednesdays.
Png - Solomons
Air Pacific, with BAC 1-11, operates Sundays Honiara to Port Moresby and Mondays Port Moresby to Honiara. f Air Niugini operates Port Moresby to Honiara and return several times weekly.
Tahiti - Us
UTA, with DCIO and DCB operates from Papeete four times weekly.
PanAm with 7075, operates regular return services to San Francisco, via Los Angeles; to San Francisco, via Honolulu; and to San Francisco, via Pago Pago and Honolulu.
W. Samoa - Am. Samoa
Polynesian Airlines, with 7485, operates between Apia and Pago Pago 22 times weekly.
Tonga - Niue - W. Samoa
Polynesian Airlines, with 7485, operates weekly service from Tonga to Apia via Niue.
Tahiti - Cook Is.
Air Tahiti with Piper Aztec, operates char ier service from Papeete to Rarotonga.
Details from Air Polynesie, P.O. Box 314, 3uai Bir Hakeim, Papeete, and UTA offices.
Internal Services
Fiji
Air Pacific, with HS74Bs, BAC 1-11 s and Herons operates regular services to Labasa, laveuni, Nadi, Suva and Savusavu.
Fiji Air Services, with Britten-Norman Islander and Beechcraft Baron aircraft, operates services to Castaway and Plantation village esorts. The Fijian hotel, Korolevu Beach hotel, Magship Beachcomber hotel, Levuka, Lakeba, /atukola. Charter flights operate to anywhere n the Pacific.
Details: Fiji Air Services, P.O. Box 1259, tova (telephone 22-666).
French Polynesia
Air Polynesie, with Fokker F 27 Friendship, 'win Otters and Islanders, operates to Jora Bora, Huahine, Moorea, Ranqiroa, Raiatea.
Aanihi, Marquesas, Maupiti and Tubuai, Austral slands.
Details from Air Polynesie, P.O. Box 314, Juai Bir Hakeim, Papeete, and UTA offices.
Air Tahiti, with light aircraft operates shuttle service from Papeete to Moorea and Harter service to Raiatea, Bora Bora, Huahine, langiroa and Manihi.
Guam - Us Trust Territory
Continental-Air Micronesia with 727 s and )C6s operates regular service connecting Hono ur, Okinawa and Guam with Saipan, Rota, r ap, Palau, Truk, Ponape, Kwajalein and naiuro.
Details from Air Micronesia, Saipan.
Air Pacific Inc. (not connected with the Fijl ased Air Pacific) with Piper Navajo and a eHavilland Heron, operates regular services inking Guam, Saipan, Tinian, and Rota, and ; Harter services are available to other Trust erritory islands.
Details, Air Pacific Inc., P.O. Box 7689 amuning, Guam, 96911, U.S.A.
Lagoon Aviation Inc. with Grumman Wid leons, operates charter services for the Mar- Halls district, based on Majuro.
Gilbert And Ellice Islands
Air Pacific, with Herons, operates regular aryices between Tarawa, Butaritari, North abiteuea and Abemama.
Papua New Guinea
Air Niugini operates throughout Papua m-u, ruin** Aerial Tours operates in Central, Western, Gulf and Sepik districts. Aircraft are based at: Port Moresby, Kerema, Daru, Kiunga, Vanimo Wewak T-AX. Airlines P,v LirniM
flights Tom
Vanimo, Mt Hagen Mendi to Highlands Sepik and Coastal areas. Talco Territory Travel Service 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.
Crowley Airways Pty. Ltd. operates throughout Papua New Guinea. Details: P.O. Box 34, Lae. Offices also in Rabaul, Kieta, Kavieng, Hoskins, Port Moresby.
Bougainville Air Services operates daily throughout Bougainville There are six regular services Kieta-Bum. Details: Arawa, Phone 956-159; Buka, Phone 16. Box 298, PO, Kieta.
New Caledonia
Air Caledome, with Twin Otters, and Is-
Kelt
Noumea, Ouvea Touho, Mueo, Details from Air Caledonie, Noumea, ' mc\a/ ucaoincc Air AAelanesia f Islanders and Trislander operates to Santo, Malekula Norsup and Lamap), Aoba (Walaha and Longana), Pentecost (Lonorore), Erromanga, Tongoa, Aneityum, Tanna, Epi, Sola 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,
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, Yandma, 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 Islander and Aztec aircraft, operates between Fua'amotu, (airport for Nukualofa) and Vava'u Monday to Saturday.
Service soon between Fua'amotu and Eua.
Aircraft available for sightseeing and regional charters.
Details from Tonga Tourist and Development Co, PO Box 91, Nukualofa, Tonga.
Cook Islands
Cook Islands Airways Ltd, with a Britten Norman Islander, operates seven flights a week between Rarotonga and Aitutaki. Service will be extended to Atiu, Mangaia and Mitiaro when airstrips are built. • From the beginning of the year to the end of October 20,000 tourists have visited Vila from cruise ships.
Nine more ships are expected be fore the end of the year, which should boost the total to 26,000.
Assuming each person, including the crews, spend 1,000 FNH, the total
income generated by cruise ship
tourists will be about 30 million