| URL: |
http://www.airpacific.com/
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| Telephone: |
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| Type of airline: |
Scheduled airline |
| Country: |
Fiji (FJ) |
| Call sign: |
Pacific |
| Address: |
Air Pacific
Maintenace & Administration Centre
Nasoso Road
Nadi Airport
FIJI |
| Home airport: |
NAN |
| Year founded: |
1947 |
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Number of aircraft: |
6 |
| Passengers per year: |
500,000 |
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| Baggage allowance: |
20 kg |
Hand luggage / hold luggage: |
5 kg max. bis 100 cm |
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Description:
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History:
The airline Air Pacific was founded in 1947 by the Australian aviation pioneer Harold Gatty under the original name Katafaga Estates Limited. Regular operations on the Fiji Islands were only taken up in 1951. In 1971 the airline was renamed to its present name. In 1974 the airline began to extend its field of business and offered international flights to New Zealand. Only a year later, flights to New Caledonia were also added to the itinerary. After a very successful business year and the expansion of air routes in 1983 to Hawaii. In 1985 the Australian airline Qantas participated financially in the company. Since then the scheduled airline also operates flights to the Australian continent.
(24.08.07)
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Network:
Currently, the Fijian aviation companies from Nadi, oceanic flights to destinations in the United States, for example, Apia, Auckland, Honiara, Honolulu, Melbourne, Suva, Labasa, Savusavu and Taveuni.
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