Centaurus, excellent post......
I for one am glad it is changing its name. I don't think Our Airline really ever did 'cut the mustard, although I do think it was a clever marketing strategy in "sharing" the airline with other nations, so to speak. The old Air Nauru certainly did have its own personality and also some great history, war stories and characters. The 727's were superb and served their time well. I sometimes wish that fast cruising and quick decent capable aircraft like the old girls, which were also heavy on fuel and noise would return to the skies (along with DC9's and the early 747's
) Air Nauru's 727 livery was simplistic yet neat, and some of the interiors reminiscent of a 70's porn film. Yep, that's the way I liked my aircraft. If only The Gen Y and X kids flying today's metal (oops, I mean Carbon) could have spent some time on these beautiful machines
Anyway, it's good to see the airline are still around, although a little different today, but they are still around.
Thanks again for the great post Centaurus. (I'm a useless old fart with computers, maybe someone could upload a pic or two?)
Tarowang