Air Moorea

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Air Moorea
IATA
ICAO
Callsign
QE TAH AIR MOOREA
Founded1968
Ceased operations2010
Websitehttp://www.airmoorea.pf

Air Moorea was a French

Faaa, Tahiti, French Polynesia, France[1][2] near Papeete. It operated passenger services within the Polynesian islands. Its main base was Faa'a International Airport.[3]

History

The airline started operations in September 1968, and was wholly owned by Air Tahiti.[3]

As of November 2010, the airline appeared to have stopped operations.[4] While it's not known what airlines their planes went to, at least one of their planes, F-OHJG, moved into operation with Air Antilles.

Fleet

An Air Moorea Twin Otter in Tahia Collins livery

The Air Moorea fleet includes the following aircraft (at March 2007):[3]

Accidents and incidents

On 9 August 2007, an

Moorea
, with the loss of 20 lives. The flight was heading for the Tahiti, Faa'a International Airport.

The airline stated that this was its first crash in its 39-year history.

References

  1. ^ "The Company Archived 2011-09-03 at the Wayback Machine." Air Moorea. Retrieved on 12 June 2011. "Our contact details Air Moorea - BP 6019 - 98702 Faa’a - Tahiti - French polynesia"
  2. ^ "World Airline Directory." Flight International. 16–22 March 2004. 70. "BP 6019, Faaa International Airport, Faaa, Tahiti French Polynesia"
  3. ^ a b c Flight International 27 March 2007
  4. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-25. Retrieved 2012-07-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ "News releases: Viking Air". Archived from the original on 2008-05-06. Retrieved 2008-06-24.

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