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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 August 1974Vol. 45, No. 8

Airways

pp. 122-125 · Read in the full issue

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 once weekly 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 operates from Sydney to Los Angeles, via Auckland and Honolulu twice weekly.

PanAm operates two 707 freighter services weekly from Sydney to San Francisco via Auckland and Honolulu.

SYDNEY - NZ - TAHITI - US Air-NZ, with DClOs, 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 service Sydney/Nadl Tues and Sat and return.

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

Sydney - Us (Via Noumea, Fiji,

Nz Or Tahiti)

UTA operates out of Sydney on Thu, Sat and Sun, return on Sat and Sun.

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.

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 DClOs, operates weekly from Melbourne to Los Angeles via Auckland and Honolulu and return to Sydney.

BRISBANE - NZ - HAWAII - US Air-N2 with DCBs and DClOs operates weekly from Brisbane to Los Angeles via Auckland and Honolulu and return to Sydney.

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

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

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

Australia-Pacific Islands

(For other schedules touching these Islands see 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

ortnightly to Tarawa and return.

Details: Air Nauru, Nauru Government Office, ►27 Collins St, Melbourne.

Brisbane - Fiji

Qantas operates a 707 direct from Brisbane o Fiji on Sat and Fiji to Brisbane on Sun.

Air Pacific with BACI-lls operates weekly rom Suva via Nadi, Vila and Honiara to irisbane on Fridays, returnin'* to Suva on laturdays via Honiara, Vila and Nadi.

Sydney - Lord Howe Is

Airlines of NSW, with flying-boat, operates emporary return service from Rose Bay, ydney, 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 weekly service Melbourne to Auckland and stum.

AUSTRALIA - NZ ■ AM SAMOA -

Hawaii

PanAm, with 7075, operates two flights /eekly, one from Sydney and one from Mel icurne, to Auckland, Pago Pago and Honolulu nd return.

Sydney - Norfolk Is

Qantas, with OC4s, operates three times /eekly. More in holiday periods.

Australia - Png

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

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

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

New Zealand-Pacific Is.

(See also trans-Padfic services.)

Nz - Am Samoa

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

Air-NZ with DCBs operates a direct flight wice weekly to Pago Pago and return.

Nz - Fiji

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

NZ - FIJI - COOK IS - TAHITI Air-NZ DCS leaves Auckland Tuesdays for Jadi, Rarotonga, Papeete, returning over same oute, arriving Auckland Wednesday.

Nz - Tahiti

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

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

Nz - New Caledonia

UTA operates weekly from Noumea on : ri and return on Wed.

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

New Zealand - Cook Is

Air-NZ DCS leaves Auckland Sundays for *~rotonga, arriving Saturday. Return flight eaves Rarotonga Saturday arrives Auckland Sunday.

Nz - Norfolk Is

Air-NZ, with chartered DC4 operates to Norfolk Is every Sunday and Thursday. A r tas 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 Wednesday, and returns Tuesday.

Inter ■ Territory Services

Tahiti - Easter Is - Chile

LAN-Chile, with 7075, operates from Santiago to Papeete Mon and Thurs. Thurs flight calls at Easter Is. Return flights Thurs and Mon with Mon flight via Easter Is.

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.

Nauru - Western Samoa

Air Nauru operates a weekly flight Nauru- Apia with return the next day.

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 once 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 three 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 Johnston, Kwajalein, Majuro, Ponape, Truk, Guam and Saipan; weekly to Okinawa from Guam and Saipan.

T:Ew Caledonia - Fiji

UTA operates out of Noumea to Nadi and return twice 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 firstj second and fourth Sat of each month from Noumea.

New Guinea - Irian/Java

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

Png ■ Solomons

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

Air Niugini operates to Honiara from Rabaul 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 four times weekly.

Pan Am 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 18 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

ir Pacific, with HS74Bs, BAC 1-1 Is and jns operates regular services to Labasa, •uni, Nadi, Suva and Savusavu. iji Air Services, with Britten-Norman nder and Beechcraft Baron aircraft, operates ices to Castaway and Plantation village Tts, The Fijian hotel, Korolevu Beach hotel, iship Beachcomber hotel, Levuka, Lakeba, jkoula. Charter flights operate to anywhere he Pacific. etails: Fiji Air Services, P.O. Box 1259, a (telephone 22-666).

French Polynesia

ir Polynesie, with Fokker F 27 Friendship, i Otters and Islanders, operates to i Bora, Huahine, Moorea, Rangiroa, Raiatea, lihi, Takapoto, Hiva Oa, Ua Huka, Maupiti Tubuai, Rurutu. etails from Air Polynesie, P.O. Box 314, i Bir Hakeim, Papeete, and UTA offices, ir Tahiti, with light aircraft operates tie service from Papeete to Moorea and ter service to Raiatea, Bora Bora, Huahine, giroa and Manihi.

Guam - Us Trust Territory

ontinental-Air Micronesia with 727 s operates jlar service connecting Honolulu, Okinawa Guam with Saipan, Rota, Yap, Palau, Truk, ape, Kwajalein, Majuro and Johnston Island, etails from Air Micronesia, Saipan, ir Pacific International Inc (not connected i the Fiji-based Air Pacific) with Piper ajo and a deHavilland Heron, operates jlar services linking Guam, Saipan, Tinian, Rota, and charter services are available to >r Trust Territory islands, etails. Air Pacific International Inc, P.O. 7689, Tamuning, Guam, 96911, USA. agoon Aviation Inc with Grumman Wid is, operate charter services for the Mar lls district, based on Majuro.

Gilbert And Ellice Islands

ir Pacific, with Herons, operates regular ices between Tarawa, Butaritari, North iteuea and Abemama.

Papua New Guinea

ir Niugini, with Fokkers and DC3s, operates etwork of services between all major centres Papua New Guinea. These services connect i - Ansett and TAA's 727 Australia-PNG ices.

C 3 aircraft are available for charter within I. ,erial Tours operates in Central, Western, F and Sepik districts. Aircraft are based Port Moresby, Kerema, Daru, Kiunga, imo, Wewak. ■A.L. (GV) —Territory Airlines Pty Limited jperates scheduled services and charter its from Goroka, Kundiawa, Madang, Wewak, imo, Mt Hagen, Mendi to Highlands, Sepik Coastal areas. Talco Territory Travel Ser i of Papua New Guinea—Twin Otter Tourist its throughout Papua New Guinea, urther details from T.A.L., P.O. Box 108, oka, Papua New Guinea.

Melanesian Airline Company Pty Limited cair) operates throughout Papua New Guinea, ails: PO Box 556, Lae. rowley Airways Pty Ltd operates through- Papua New Guinea. Details: P.O. Box 34, Offices also in Rabaul, Kieta, Kavieng, kins. Port Moresby. ougainville Air Services operates daily >ughout Bougainville. There are nine regular rices Kieta-Buin. Details: Arawa, Phone -159; Buka, Phone 16. Box 298, PO, Kieta.

New Caledonia

dr Caledonie with Twin Otters, and Is- Jers operates regular services to Houal , Isle of Pines, Isle Ouen, Kone, Koumac, iu, Mare, Noumea, Ouvea Touho, Mueo, JP, Tiga. letails 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, 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, Belkina 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 Internal Air Service, 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. Scenic flights over Rarotonga and its reefs are also available.