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In addition, UTA was operating three DC-10 flights a week nonstop to San Francisco (SFO) at this same time with two of these flights continuing on to Paris Charles de Gaulle (CDG) while the third flight continued on to LAX. [33] Air Tahiti Nui, which is based at the airport, was operating nonstop service between Papeete and New York JFK Airport ...
Bora Bora Airport signage. Prior to the opening of the Faa'a International Airport (PPT) in Papeete, Tahiti in 1960, Bora Bora was served by French air carrier Transports Aériens Intercontinentaux (TAI) with Douglas DC-7C propliner service direct to Los Angeles (LAX) via a stop in Honolulu (HNL) and also direct to Nouméa via a stop in Nandi (NAN, now Nadi) with both flights operating once a ...
Air Tahiti Nui is the flag carrier of the French overseas collectivity of French Polynesia, with its head office and daily operations office in Faaa, Tahiti. [1] It operates long-haul flights from its home base at Faa'a International Airport , with a fleet consisting of four Boeing 787 Dreamliners .
With its great-circle distance, it set the record both for world's longest domestic flight as well as the world's longest commercial flight. Air Tahiti Nui began the route on 15 March 2020, departing Faa'a International Airport at 3:14 am local time as flight TN64, flying nonstop to Charles de Gaulle Airport and landing at 6:00 am local time on ...
In 1985, the former UTA (by then absorbed by Air France) sold a majority of Air Polynesia shares, with 25% being given to the French Polynesian government and the remaining 45% sold to local investors. [1]: 13 In 1987 the airline was again rebranded as Air Tahiti, using a fleet of ATR 42 regional turboprop aircraft. [14]
Air Tetiaroa was founded in 2013 by Pacific Beachcomber, a hotel and resort company that owns several luxury resorts in French Polynesia, including The Brando Resort, which is located on Tetiaroa. The airline was created to provide transportation services for guests of The Brando, as well as other visitors to the island. [ 1 ]
Air Moʻorea runs several flights daily between Tahiti and Moʻorea. In 2007 one flight crashed into the lagoon and 20 people died. Don the Beachcomber lived here part of his life. The Moʻorea ferry was also created after the flight and still sails to Moʻorea each day. Today, Faʻaʻā has a population of nearly 30,000 inhabitants.
A USAF C-141 at Pago Pago International Airport in July 1968. An Air New Zealand DC-8 is loading passengers in the background. South Pacific jet services between Sydney (Australia), Auckland (New Zealand), Honolulu (Hawaii) and Papeete (Tahiti) were first offered by Pan American World Airways in 1964 using Boeing 707 aircraft.