Wirraway
9th Jun 2004, 05:14
AAP
Air Nauru to link four Pacific nations
June 9, 2004
State-owned Air Nauru is expected to launch a central Pacific air service that will connect four island nations with Australia and Fiji beginning in mid-July, airline officials in the Marshall Islands said.
The service begins on July 12, the 25th anniversary of independence in Kiribati, one of the stops on the route.
Melbourne-based Air Nauru official John Goulding and a team of Air Nauru officials is expected in Majuro later this week to officially announce the plans for the air service to government and business leaders, and to make final arrangements for ticketing and ground handling for the Boeing 737 that will service the route.
Air Nauru will link Brisbane with the Solomon Islands, Nauru, the Marshall Islands, Kiribati and Fiji on a once a week basis.
Air Nauru's effort will mark the first direct Australia air service to Majuro since another airline attempted to run a cargo service in the mid-1990s but halted it after about one year due to lack of outbound cargo.
It will also mark the first regularly scheduled Air Nauru service to Majuro, which it serviced weekly in the hey-day of Air Nauru operations in the late 1970s and early 1980s when the airline operated several jets to multiple destinations in the Pacific and Asia.
© 2004 AAP
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Air Nauru to link four Pacific nations
June 9, 2004
State-owned Air Nauru is expected to launch a central Pacific air service that will connect four island nations with Australia and Fiji beginning in mid-July, airline officials in the Marshall Islands said.
The service begins on July 12, the 25th anniversary of independence in Kiribati, one of the stops on the route.
Melbourne-based Air Nauru official John Goulding and a team of Air Nauru officials is expected in Majuro later this week to officially announce the plans for the air service to government and business leaders, and to make final arrangements for ticketing and ground handling for the Boeing 737 that will service the route.
Air Nauru will link Brisbane with the Solomon Islands, Nauru, the Marshall Islands, Kiribati and Fiji on a once a week basis.
Air Nauru's effort will mark the first direct Australia air service to Majuro since another airline attempted to run a cargo service in the mid-1990s but halted it after about one year due to lack of outbound cargo.
It will also mark the first regularly scheduled Air Nauru service to Majuro, which it serviced weekly in the hey-day of Air Nauru operations in the late 1970s and early 1980s when the airline operated several jets to multiple destinations in the Pacific and Asia.
© 2004 AAP
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