Shipping & Airways Information
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Shipping
SYDNEY - NZ - FIJI/TAHITI - UK Chandris Lines maintains a twice-monthly passenger service from Sydney via NZ, Suva or Papeete.
Details from Chandris Lines, 135 King Street, Sydney (28-2451).
SYDNEY - LORD HOWE IS - NORFOLK IS Somacal operates 25-day service from Sydney to Lord Howe and Norfolk Is.
Details from Karlander (Aust) Pty Ltd, 19-31 Pitt Street, Sydney (27-6301).
Chargeurs Caledoniens operates three-weekly cargo service Sydney-Norfolk Island-Noumea.
Details: Hetherington Kingsbury Pty Ltd, 37-49 Pitt Street, Sydney (27-1671).
SYDNEY - NZ - FIJI - HAWAII -
Canada - Us
P and 0 liners call at Auckland, Suva and Honolulu on eastbound and westbound voyages between Sydney and the US.
Derails from P & 0 Australia Ltd, 55 Hunter Street, Sydney (2-0317).
SYDNEY - NZ - FIJI - TONGA - VILA -
Noumea - Samoas - Tahiti
Shaw Savill liners cruise in the Pacific sailing from Australia and New Zealand calling at Suva, Lautoka, Tonga, Vila, Noumea, Pago Pago, Tahiti, Apia, Vavau.
Details: Shaw Savill Line, 8a Castlereagh St, Sydney (232-3844).
Sitmar Cruises operates a South Pacific cruise programme to include most of the above ports plus the Solomons.
Details from Sitmar Line (Australia) Pty Ltd, 22-30 Bridge Street, Sydney (27-4521).
Royal Viking Line, with luxury cruise ships Royal Viking Sea, Star and Sky, cruises the Pacific from Sydney, calling at most of the above ports plus Port Moresby and Rarotonga.
Details from Wilh. Wilhelmsen Agency Pty Ltd. 13-15 Bridge Street, Sydney (2-0517).
P & 0 liners Oronsay, Oriana and Arcadia call at Suva, Honiara, Pago Pago, Auckland, Vila, Noumea, Honolulu, Nukualofa, Vavau, Savusavu, Jakarta and Bali regularly on cruises from Australia.
Details from P & 0 Australia Ltd, 55 Hunter Street, Sydney (2-0317).
Australia - New Caledonia
Sofrana-Unilines operates a fortnightly service from Sydney to Noumea.
Details from Sofrana-Unilines, 37 Pitt Street, Sydney (27-2031).
Australia - New Caledonia -
New Hebrides
Sofrana-Unilines' ships call regularly at Sydney, Noumea and Vila.
Details from Sofrana-Unilines, 37 Pitt Street, Sydney (27-2031) and Burns Philp and Co Ltd, 340 Collins Street, Melbourne (67-8941).
Polynesie maintains three-weekly passenger sailings—Sydney, Noumea, Vila and Santo.
Details from Omni Traders & Brokers Pty Limited, 261 George Street, Sydney (241-2872/6).
Australia ■ Fiji
Sofrana-Unilines operates Sydney-Fiji every 28 days.
Details from Sofrana-Unilines, 37 Pitt Street, Sydney (27-2031).
Nauru Pacific Line operates cargo/passenger service to Fiji and South Pacific ports.
Details from Nauru Pacific Line, 227 Collins Street, Melbourne (654-4977); Interocean Swire, 8 Spring Street, Sydney (20-522); Dalgety Shipping, 291 Elizabeth Street, Brisbane (31-0331).
Karlander (Aust) Pty Ltd operates three weekly cargo services from Sydney for Suva and Lautoka.
Details from Karlander (Aust) Pty Ltd, 19-31 Pitt Street, Sydney (27-6301.; Dalgety Shipping, 461 Bourke St, Melbourne (600731); Burns Philp (SS) Co Ltd, Suva and Lautoka.
Australia - Tahiti
South Pacific United Lines has three vessels, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia and Krohn Trader, maintaining six weekly service Sydney/Papeete.
Details from Omni Traders & Brokers Prv Limited, 261 George Street, Sydney (241-2872/6).
Australia - Png
Containers Pacific Express (Burns Philp and AWP Line) operates four-weekly cargo service from Melbourne (direct) with MV Nimos and Sydney and Brisbane to Lae and Port Moresby with MV Tenos.
Details from Burns, Philp & Co Ltd, 51 Pitt Street, Sydney (241-3816).
Australia - Png • Bsip
New Guinea Australia Line's vessels operate from Sydney and Brisbane to Port Moresby, Lae, Rabaul, Kavieng, Honiara. Kieta, Gizo, Madang and Samarai.
Details from Interocean Swire, 8 Spring Street, Sydney (20-522).
New Guinea Express Lines with two ships operates three-weekly Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Port Moresby, Lae, Rabaul.
Details from New Guinea Express Lines, 37 Pitt St, Sydney (241-1396) and 72 Eagle St, Brisbane (21-9333), Westralian Farmers Trans port Pty Ltd, 459 Collins St, Melbourne (35-4366), Breckwoldt's Shipping Agencies in Port Moresby, Lae, Rabaul.
Karlander New Guinea Line's two cargo vessels call at Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Lae, Madang, Wewak, Manus, Kimbe.
Details from Karlander (Aust) Pty Ltd, 19-31 Pitt Street, Sydney (27-6301); Dalgety Shipping, 461 Bourke St, Melbourne (600731).
Australia - Marshall Islands -
Guam
Nauru Pacific Line operates monthly con ventional/container service Melbourne/Sydney to New Guinea, Guam and Micronesia.
Details from Nauru Pacific Line, 227 Collins Street, Melbourne (654-4977); Interocean Swire. 8 Spring Street, Sydney (20-522).
Australia - Png - Far East
E. and A. Line passenger ships make monthly round voyages from Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane calling at Port Moresby, Manila, Hong Kong, Keelung, Kobe, Yokohama (Tokyo), and Rabaul.
Details from P & 0 Australia Ltd, 55 Hunter Street, Sydney (2-0317).
FAR EAST - FIJI - NEW ZEALAND New Zealand Unit Express (CNC, MOL, RIL) operates a three-weekly cargo service from Hong Kong to Lautoka, Suva, NZ ports, Manila, Kaoshiung, Keelung, Hong Kong.
Details from Interocean Swire, 8 Spring Street, Sydney (20-522).
Royal Interocean Lines operates monthly pass enger/cargo service with three ships from NZ to Bangkok, Pt Kelanq, Singapore, Djakarta to Fiji (alt. months) and NZ.
Details from Interocean Australia Services, 261 George Street, Sydney (2-0573), Burns Philp (SS) Co Ltd. Suva and Lautoka.
Ben Shipping Pty Ltd, with Liverpool Clipper, operates monthly cargo service between Singa pore and Suva.
Details from Seatrans (Fiji) Ltd.
FAR EAST - PNG • BSI • NEW HEBRIDES •
Noumea - Tahiti - Samoa
China Navigation Co's vessels operate i regular carao service from Hong Kong te Rabaul. Wewak, Madang, Lae, Port Moresby, Honiara. New neondes, Noumea, Papeete and bamoa.
Details from Interocean Swire, 8 Spring Street, Sydney (20-522).
North Europe - New Caledonia
Hamburg/Sued operates monthly carge services from Dunkirk and Le Havre to Noumea, via Panama.
Details from Columbus Overseas Services Pty Ltd, 333 George Street, Sydney (29-2101).
Messageries Maritimes operates five carge services a month from north and Mediterranean European ports to Papeete and Noumea.
Details from Messageries Maritimes, 332 Pitt Street, Sydney (61-6664).
JAPAN - GUAM - FIJI - SAMOA -
N Caledonia • N Hebrides
Daiwa Line runs a monthly cargo service from Japan via Guam to Suva, Lautoka, Pago Pago, Apia, Vila, Santo and Noumea.
Details from Burns Philp (SS) Co Ltd, Suva.
New Zealand - Cook Is
Lorena, owned by NZ Shipping Corporation, operates three-weekly freight service between Auckland and Rarotonga with occasional calls at Aitutaki and Lyttleton.
Details: Silk and Boyd, Box 131, Rarotonga, or CIS Co, Box 448, Auckland.
TONGA - SAMOA - FIJI - AUSTRALIA Pacific Navigation Co Ltd operates a monthly irgo service between Nukualofa, Apia, Suva id Lautoka to Sydney.
Details from Karlander (Aust) Pty Ltd, 19-31 itt St, Sydney (27-6301).
NZ - FIJI - TONGA - SAMOAS -
Tahiti
Union Steam Ship Co of New Zealand lerates a fully containerised service Auckland, Onehunga, Suva, Pago Pago, Apia and jkualofa every 14 days.
A service is operated Auckland, or Onehunga, utoka, Suva, Auckland approximately every fo weeks.
A 28-day service is operated from Auckland Papeete.
Details from any office of the Union Steam ip Co, Fiji, Tonga, Samoa, Auckland.
Nz - Norfolk
USS Co vessels operate 26-day cargo service ickland, Suva, Norfolk Is, Auckland.
Details from Union Steam Ship Co of NZ J, PO Box 12, Auckland.
NZ - N CALEDONIA - N HEBRIDES - FIJI • WALLIS IS - NG - BSIP Sofrana Unilines with four ships operates Vila and Santo,- to Honiara and New inea; and to Noumea.
Details from Sofrana-Unilines, 42 Customs eet, Auckland (73-279), P.O. Box 3614 ex: NZ 2313.
Nz - Fiji - Us
Crusader cargo ships call at Suva, Levuka and nolulu on NZ-US west coast trips and at ra and/or Lautoka on US-NZ southbound ».
Mails from Blue Sta<r Port Lines (Manage nt) Ltd, P.O. Box 192 Wellington (70179).
Nz - Fiji
■ijian Swift and M.V. La Bonita operate a ular 18 day service from Auckland to Suva I Lautoka.
Mails from Reef Shipping Agencies Ltd '■ 315 ' Onehunga, NZ. (Phone 663- UK - PANAMA - SAMOA - FIJI rhe Fiji Direct Service, cargo only, is main led by Conference vessels, sailing at regular ithly intervals out of London, via Panama Apia, Suva and Lautoka.
Mails from Burns Philp (SS) Co Ltd, Suva.
K - PNG • BSIP - GEIC - N HEBRIDES -
N Caledonia
>ank Line operates a monthly direct cargo rice from Europe, via the Panama Canal to fete, Noumea, major PNG ports and lara, occasionally to Tarawa, Vila, Santo Jayapura and Yandina.
Mails from Bank Line (A'asia) Pty Ltd 'ork St, Sydney (27-2041).
Us - Samoa - Australia
acific Far East Line operates a three weekly ghter service from Pacific coast ports to o Pago, Sydney, Melbourne, Tasmania and bane, returning via Auckland, Pago Pago Pacific northwest ports, Vancouver, San Ted) 00 anC * *"° S n 9 e * es- (No passengers Ma_iU from PFEL, 50 Young Street, Sydney US - SYDNEY - GEIC - HONOLULU olumbus Lines operates a three weekly lamer cargo sailing from West Coast, US to
Australasia, returning via Tarawa, GEIC and Honolulu to Nth America.
Details from Columbus Overseas Services Pty Ltd, 333 George Street, Sydney (29-2101).
Us ■ Fiji/Tahiti - Australia
Bank Line Ltd operate regular cargo ser vices from US Gulf ports to Australia and NZ.
Calls at Suva, Lautoka and Papeete on demand.
Details from Bank Line (A/asia) Pty Ltd, 1 York St, Sydney (27-204).
Pacific Far East Line cruise ships operate regularly from San Francisco, Los Angeles, Honolulu, Moorea, Papeete, Rarotonga, Auck land, Opua, Sydney, and return via Suva, Niuafoou, Pago Pago and Honolulu to San Francisco.
Freight is carried on these passenger liners.
Details from PFEL, 50 Young Street, Sydney (27-4272).
Us - Tahiti - Samoa
Pacific Islands Transport operates a five/six weekly cargo service from North American west coast ports to Papeete, Pago Pago, Apia.
Details from Trans-Austral Shipping Pty Ltd, 19 Pitt Street, Sydney (27-2441).
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 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 three times 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/Nadi 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.
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 service Nauru-Ponape- Guam-Okinawa-Kagoshima and return with a Fokker F2B jet twice weekly.
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 let. Extra services are operated twice weekly to Majuro and fortnightly to Tarawa and return.
Details: Air Nauru, Nauru Government Office, 227 Collins St, Melbourne.
Brisbane • Fiji
Qantas operates a 707 direct from Brisbane to Fiji on Sat and Fiji to Brisbane on Sun.
Air Pacific with BACI-lls operates weekly from Suva via Nadi, Vila and Honiara to Brisbane on Wednesdays, returning to Suva on Thursdays via Honiara, Vila and Nadi.
Sydney ■ Lord Howe Is
Airlines of NSW, with Riley Heron, operates
four times a week from Mascot, Sydney, to Lord Howe, using new airstrip.
Sydney - New Caledonia
Qantas and UTA operate Sydney to Noumea four times weekly and return.
Australia - New Zealand
British Airways with VClOs, operates weekly Brisbane to Auckland and return, and a weekly service Melbourne to Auckland and return.
AUSTRALIA - NZ - AM SAMOA ■
Hawaii
PanAm, with 7075, operates two flights weekly, one from Sydney and one from Mel bourne, to Auckland, Pago Pago and Honolulu and return.
Sydney - Norfolk Is
Qantas, with DC4s, operates three times weekly. More in holiday periods.
Australia - Png
TAA and Ansett, with 727 s each operate 7 times a week from Brisbane, Sydney or Melbourne to Pt Moresby.
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 and Wed.
New Zealand-Pacific Is.
(See also trans-Padfic services.)
Nz - Am Samoa
PanAm, with 7075, operates from Auckland to Pago Pago and return twice weekly.
Air-NZ with DCBs operates a direct flight twice weekly to Pago Pago and return.
Nz - Fiji
Air-NZ operates a daily service to Nadi and return.
NZ - FIJI - COOK IS - TAHITI Air-NZ DCS leaves Auckland Tuesdays for Nadi, Rarotonga, Papeete, returning over same route, arriving Auckland Wednesday.
Nz - Tahiti
UTA, with DCB-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 Fri and return on Wed.
Air-NZ, with DCBs, operates from Auckland- Noumea on Sunday and returns the same day.
New Zealand - Cook Is
Air-NZ DCS leaves Auckland Sundays for Rarotonga and return Sat.
Nz ■ Norfolk Is
Air-NZ, operates to Norfolk Is every Thurs and Sun and returns Wed and Sat.
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
FIJI - TAHITI - EASTER IS - CHILE LAN-Chile, with 7075, operates from Santjago to Papeete Sun via Easter Island and Santiago to Fiji Thurs. Return flights Fiji to Santiago Sat and Papeete to Santiago via Easter Island Sun.
, n ... F ' JI • GEIC Air Pacific, with BAG 1-1 Is, operates from Suva to Tarawa via Nadi on alternate Fridays, returning to Nadi the same day. Also operated with 7485, from Suva to Tarawa via Nadi and Funafuti on alternate Wednesdays and returning same route on alternate Thursdays. The 748 service also extends to Nauru.
Geic ■ Nauru
Air Pacific and Air Nauru each operate fortlightly between Nauru and Tarawa. ... ... ~u aii
Nauru - Marshall Is
Air Nauru makes a twice-weekly flight Nauru- Maiuro and return with a Fokker F2B jet.
Details: Air Nauru, 227 Collins St, Melbourne.
Nauru ■ Western Samoa
Air Nauru operates a weekly flight Nauru- Vpia with return the next day.
Fiji ■ Western Samoa
a- c j ajviUA Air Pacific, with 7485, operates one service i week from Suva to Apia, returning the same lay. This flight crosses the International date-
in S-, ...
Polynesian Airlines, with 7485, operates SJrn ‘ ’° P,S
Papua New Guinea - Singapore
Qentes using 7075, operates once weekly rom Port Moresby to Singapore via Darwin and eturn - FIJI - N HEBRIDES - BSIP -
P Moresby - Brisbane
Air Pacific, with BAG 1-1 Is, operates from uva on Sun and Wed, via Nadi to Vila and omara, the Sunday service extending to Port loresby, returning Monday same route. The (ed service extends to Brisbane, returning hurs. Flights depart Honiara Mon and Thurs >r SU u* ft P , aC , i [ iC als - operates from Nadi C termmator t 0 Vlla on Fn ° etUm -
Fiji - Tonga - Nz
Air Pacific with BAG 1-1 Is operates from Suva to Nukualofa on Mon, Tues, Wed and Sat, the Sat service extending to Auckland returning same day to Suva via Tonga and 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 Paqo Paqo three times weeklv to Tahiti direct twice weekly. PanAm, with 707 s
Honolulu San" Francisco via
Pago Pago and* Honolulu weeklv Paneete Ss op P e a r 9 a ° te vTi Honoll and c Pa9 ° Pago week| V and to Papeete from s an Francisco via Los Angeles four times weekly.
Hawaii - Micronesia
Continental-Air Micronesia with 727 s operates
from Honolulu two times weekly via Johnston, S a J' in ' Maiuro - Pona|,e - Truk ' Guam
saipan ‘
F: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 first, second and fourth Sat of each month from Noumea.
Wallis Is - Futuna Is
UTA, with a Britten Norman Islander, operates .°. ut of Wallis t 0 Futuna and return twice week| V-
New Guinea • Irian/Java
Air Niugini operates DC3s Madang via Wewak to Jayapura and return Jayapura to Madang alt. lues.
Png - Solomons
Air Pacific, with BAC 1-11, operates Sundays Honiara to Port Moresby and return Mondays.
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.
Western Samoa - Tonga
Polynesian Airlines, with 7485, operates three services weekly from Apia to Tonga and return.
W Samoa - Am Samoa
Polynesian Airlines, with 7485, operates between Apia and Pago Pago 22 times weekly and return.
Tonga - Am Samoa
Polynesian Airlines with 7485, operates three services weekly from Tonga to Pago Pago and return.
Tonga - Niue - W Samoa
Polynesian Airlines, with 7485, operates a 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 Polynesia, 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, Takapoto, Hiva Oa, Ua Huka, Maupiti and Tubuai, Rurutu.
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 operates regular service connecting Honolulu and Guam with Saipan, Rota, Yap, Palau, Truk, Ponape, Kwajalein, Majuro, Tinian and Johnston Island.
Details from Air Micronesia, Saipan.
Air Pacific International Inc (not connected with the Fiji-based Air Pacific) operates Douglas DCS and 4 engined Herons in scheduled service daily to Saipan-Tinian-Rota-Yap-Ulithi-Koror-Truk from Guam. Group travel charters are available on 15 day minimum notice within the Trust Territories of the Pacific Islands.
Details: Air Pacific International Inc, Box 7689, Tamuning, Guam, USA. Cable: AIRPAC Guam. Phone; 6465871.
Gilbert And Ellice Islands
Air Pacific, with Herons, operates regularf services between Tarawa, Butaritari, North Tatoiteuea and Abemama.
Papua New Guinea
Air Niugini, with Fokkers and DC3s, operates a network of services between all major centres in Papua New Guinea. These services connect with Ansett and TAA's 727 Australia-PNG services.
DC3 aircraft are available for charter within
Png.
Aerial Tours operates in Central, Western, Gulf and Sepik districts. Aircraft are based at: Port Moresby, Kerema, Daru, Kiunga, Vanimo, Wewak.
Talair (Tourist Airlines of Niugini)—opera-® tes scheduled service and charter flights from| Port Moresby, Goroka, Kundiawa, Madang, Wewak, 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 Talair, P.O. Box 108, Goroka, Papua New Guinea; Sydney Office: Papua New Guinea House, 225 Clarence St, Sydney.
Melanesian Airline Company Pty Limited (Macair) operates extensive commuter and charter services. Head office, PO Box 556, Lae.
Branches at Port Moresby, Alotau, Popondetta, Wau, Daru, Mt Hagen, Mendi and Goroka.
Crowley Airways Pty Ltd operates scheduled fixed-wing services from bases at Lae, Hoskins, Rabaul, Kavieng and Kieta to 34 ports in Morobe, West New Britain, East New Britain, New Ireland and Bougainville districts, also helicopter and fixed-wing charters to anywhere in Papua New Guinea. Head office: PO Box 34, Lae. Phone 424733. Cables CROWLEY. Telex NE 42569.
Bougainville Air Services Pty Ltd operates daily throughout Bougainville. There are 11 regular 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 Houal fou, Isle of Pines, Isle Ouen, Kone, Koumac, Lifou, M are, 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, 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, BeHona Is, Fera Is, Gizo, Honiara, Kira Kira, Marau, Munda, Parasi, Sege, Yandma, Santa Cruz, Mono, Rennell Is, Choiseul Bay Ballalae and Rinai 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 (daily except* Sunday). 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 ween between Rarotonga and Aitutaki. Service win be extended to Atiu. Manqaia and Mitiaro when airstrips are built. Private charters and scenic flights over Rarotonga and its reefs are also available.