Airways

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 services out of Sydney.

SYDNEY - NZ - HAWAII ■ US Air-NZ, with DClO's and DCB's operates from Sydney to Los Angeles, via Auckland and Honolulu three times weekly.

SYDNEY - NZ - TAHITI - US Air-NZ, with DCB's operates from Sydney to Los Angeles, via Auckland and Tahiti twice weekly.

SYDNEY - FIJI - HAWAII - US Qantas operates four times weekly and return between Sydney and San Francisco via Fiji and Honolulu with 74785; 707 s operate three times weekly and return to San Francisco via Honolulu. Additional 707 services Sydney/Nadi Tues and Sat and return.

British Airways with VClOs, operates from Melbourne and Sydney to Los Angeles and return three times a week.

Sydney - Us (Via Noumea, Fiji,

Nz Or Tahiti)

UTA operates out of Sydney twice weekly, and return.

SYDNEY ■ US (via N CAL, FIJI,

Hawaii)

PanAm, with 7475, arrives Sydney from Los- Angeles, via Honolulu and Nadi three times.. weekly and leaves on return flight the same days.

PanAm, with 707 s operates four days a week return trans-Pacific service out of Sydney to Los Angeles, via Noumea and Honolulu.

Mon, Wed, Fri flights to Australia go to-.

Melbourne and return to Sydney the same day.

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 s and 747 s operates Mel bourne/San Francisco via Fiji and Honolulu* three times weekly.

MELBOURNE - NZ - HAWAII - US Air-NZ, with DCBs, operates weekly from; Melbourne to Los Angeles via Auckland andi Honolulu and return.

NZ - FIJI - HAWAII - US Air-NZ, with DClO's, operates weekly from; Auckland to Los Angeles, via Fiji and Hawaii and return.

NZ - AM SAMOA - TAHITI or

Hawaii - Us

PanAm, with 707 s operates out of Auck land via Tahiti three times weekly, and twice via American Samoa. Out of American Samoa, PanAm operates to the States three times weekly and out of Tahiti to the States four times weekly.

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

- Micronesia - Japan

Air Nauru operates a weekly service Nauru Ponape-Guam-Okinawa-Kagoshima and return with a Fokker F2B jet.

Details: Air N->uru, Nauru Government Office 227 Collins St, Melbourne.

Japan - Tahiti - Peru

Air-France, with 7075, operates twice weekh Tokyo-Lima via Papeete, and return.

Australia-Pacific Island

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

Melbourne - Noumea - Honiara -

Nauru - Tarawa And Majuro

Air Nauru operates a twice-weekly service Melbourne-Brisbane-Noumea-Honiara-Nauru ani return, using a Fokker F2B jet. Extra service are operated twice weekly to Maiuro am fortnightly to Tarawa and return.

Details; Air Nauru, Nauru Government Office 227 Collins St, Melbourne.

Fiji - Brisbane

Air Pacific with BACI-lls operates weekly From Suva via Nadi, Vila and Honiara to Brisbane on Fridays, returnin'’ to Suva on Saturdays via Honiara, Vila and Nadi.

Sydney - Lord Howe Is

Airlines of NSW, with flying-boats, operates : ive times weekly return services from Rose Jay, Sydney, to Lord Howe.

Sydney - New Caledonia

Qantas and UTA operate Sydney to Noumea our times weekly and return.

Australia - New Zealand

British Airways with VClOs, operates weekly Irisbane to Auckland and return, and a veek ly service Melbourne to Auckland and eturn.

Sydney - Norfolk Is

Qantas, with DC4s, operates three times reekly. More in holiday periods.

Australia - Png

TAA and Ansett, with 727 s each operate times a week from Brisbane, Sydney or \elbourne to Pt Moresby.

On Tues, Thurs, Fri, TAA Fokkers fly ownsville, Cairns, Port Moresby and return ame day to Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne.

Ansett, with Fokker, operates Cairns, Port loresby, Cairns, Townsville, Sun, Wed and hurs.

New Zealand-Pacific Is.

(See also trans-Padfic services.)

Nz - Am Samoa

PanAm, with 7075, operates from Auckland • Pago Pago and return twice weekly.

Air-NZ operates a direct weekly flight to ago Pago and return.

Nz - Fiji

Air-NZ operates a daily service to Nadi and turn.

Nz - Fiji - Am Samoa

Air-NZ, with DCBs, operates a weekly flight Pago Pago via Nadi.

NZ - FIJI - AM SAMOA -

Cook Is - Tahiti

Air-NZ DCS leaves Auckland Tuesdays for adi, Pago Pago, Rarotonga, Papeete, returning r er same route, arriving Auckland Wednesday.

Nz - Tahiti

UTA, with DCB-62, operates from Auckland id return twice weekly.

Air-NZ, with DCBs, operates twice weekly om Auckland and return.

Nz - New Caledonia

UTA operates weekly from Noumea on i and return on Wed.

Air-NZ, with DCBs, operates from Auckland >umea on Sunday and returns the same day.

New Zealand - Cook Is

Air-NZ DCS leaves Auckland Sundays for rotonga, arriving Saturday. Return flight aves Rarotonga Saturday arrives Auckland nday.

Nz - Norfolk Is

Air-NZ, with chartered DC4 operates to irfolk Is every Sunday and Thursday. A mtas service returns every Saturday and sdnesday.

Auckland - Sydney - Singapore

Air-NZ DCIO leaves Auckland via Sydney for igapore twice weekly and returns same days.

Auckland - Sydney - Hong Kong

Air-NZ operates to Hong Kong from Auckland i Sydney twice weekly. Return service erates same day via Brisbane.

Nadi - Rarotonga

Air-NZ operates from Nadi to Rarotonga ery Wednesday, and returns Tuesday.

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, Melbourne.

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 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 1-1 Is, 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 Friday service extending to Brisbane, with return Saturday. Flight departs Honiara on Mon, Wed 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 Service operates charter services to Wallis and Futuna Is.

Details: Fiji Air Services, P.O. Box 1259, Suva (22-666).

Hawaii - Am Samoa - Tahiti

PanAm, with 7075, operates from Honolulu to Pago Pago three times weekly; to Tahiti direct twice weekly. PanAm, with 707 s operates to San Francisco from Papeete via Honolulu twice weekly; to San Francisco via Pago Pago and Honolulu weekly. Papeete flights operate from San Francisco via Honolulu and Pago Pago weekly and to Papeete from San Francisco via Los Angeles four times weekly.

Hawaii - Micronesia - Okinawa

Continental-Air Micronesia with 727 s operates from Honolulu three times weekly via Midway (fuel stop only), Kwajalein, Majuro, Ponape, Truk, Guam and Saipan; weekly to Okinawa from Guam and Saipan.

New Caledonia - Fiji

UTA operates out of Noumea to Nadi and return weekly.

New Caledonia - New Hebrides

UTA, with Caravelles, operates five return services a week, out of Noumea to Vila.

NEW CAL - WALLIS IS - NEW CAL UTA, with Caravelles, operates on the first, second and fourth Sat of each month from Noumea.

New Guinea - Irian/Java

Air Niugini operates DC3s Madang to; Jayapura and return alt. Tues.

Png - Solomons

Air Pacific, with BAC 1-11, operates Sundays; Honiara to Port Moresby and Mondays Porti Moresby to Honiara.

Air Niugini operates to Honiara from Rabaull via Kieta and return on Sat, and from Port: Moresby on Thurs, returning Fri. These services; are under licence from Qantas.

Tahiti - Us

UTA, with DCIO and DCS operates from; Papeete three times weekly.

Pan Am with 7075, operates regular return; services to San Francisco, via Los Angeles;: to San Francisco, via Honolulu; and to Sam 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 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. The Fijian hotel, Korolevu Beach hotel.

Flagship Beachcomber hotel, Levuka, Lakeba, Vatukoula. 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, 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.

Guam - Us Trust Territory

Continental-Air Micronesia with 727 s and DC6s operates regular service connecting Hono lulu, Okinawa and Guam with Saipan, Rota, n, Palau, Truk, Ponape, Kwaialein and Majuro.

Details from Air Micronesia, Saipan.

Air Pacific International 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 International Inc, P.O.

Box 7689, Tamuning, Guam, 96911, USA.

Lagoon Aviation Inc with Grumman Wid geons, operate charter services for the Mar shalls district, based on Majuro.

Gilbert And Ellice Islands

Air Pacific, with Herons, operates regular services between Tarawa, Butaritari, North fabiteuea and Abemama.

Papua New Guinea

Air Niugini, with Fokkers and DC3s, operates i network of services between all major centres n Papua New Guinea. These services connect vith Ansett and TAA's 727 Australia-PNG ervices.

DC3 aircraft are available for charter within >NG.

Aerial Tours operates in Central, Western, Julf and Sepik districts. Aircraft are based it: Port Moresby, Kerema, Daru, Kiunga, /animo, Wewak.

T.A.L. (GV) —Territory Airlines Pty Limited operates scheduled services and charter lights from Goroka, Kundiawa, Madang, Wewak, /animo, Mt Hagen, Mendi to Highlands, Sepik ind Coastal areas. Talco Territory Travel Ser 'ice of Papua New Guinea—Twin Otter Tourist lights throughout Papua New Guinea.

Further details from T.A.L., P.O. Box 108, Soroka, Papua New Guinea.

Macair throughout Papua New Guinea.

Crowley Airways Pty Ltd operates through out Papua New Guinea. Details: P.O. Box 34, ae. Offices also in Rabaul, Kieta, Kavieng, loskins. Port Moresby.

Bougainville Air Services operates daily hroughout Bougainville. There are nine regular ervices Kieta-Buin. Details: Arawa, Phone 56-159; Buka, Phone 16. Box 298, PO, Kieta.

New Caledonia

Air Caledonie with Twin Otters, and Is anders operates regular services to Houal )u, Isle of Pines, Isle Ouen, Kone, Koumac, ifou, Mare, Noumea, Ouvea Touho, Mueo, elep, Tiga.

Details from Air Caledonie, Noumea.

New Hebrides

Air Melanesiae with Britten-Norman Islanders nd Trislander operates to Santo, Malekula orsup and Lamap, Aoba (Walaha and Longana), entecost (Lonorore), Erromanga, Tongoa, neityum, Tanna, Epi, Sola and Vila. Direct pnnections are available to and from Santo )r all international flights arriving in Vila.

Details from Air Melanesiae P.O. Box 72.

Solomon Islands

Solair, with Beech Barons and Islanders perates to Auki, Avu Avu, Babanakira, Bara oma, Bellona Is, Fera Is, Gizo, Honiara, Kira

Kira, Marau, AAunda, 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 Islander aircraft, operates from Fua'amotu, (airport for Nukualofa) to Vava'u (daily except Sunday) and Eua (twice daily except Sunday). Aircraft available for sight seeing 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.

FLOATING LIBRARY.—A floating pirogue library for Tahitian school children has been planned to serve the islands of Raiatea and Tahaa.

The pirogue has twin hulls made of steel, measuring 14 metres long and 7 metres wide, with two outboard motors. A Polynesian-style cabin is planned to hold up to 100 persons, while 3,000 books will be made available for schools bordering on the lagoon. The floating library, which was intended to start opera tions at the beginning of the school year in March, was also being equipped with audio-visual equip ment to project slides and films.