Coral Sun Airways
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Founded | January 2009 | ||||||
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Hubs | Bonriki International Airport | ||||||
Fleet size | 2 | ||||||
Headquarters | Tarawa, Kiribati | ||||||
Key people | Tom Sumsum, (CEO) Jeff Jong, (Chief Pilot) | ||||||
Website | www.coralsunairways.net |
Coral Sun Airways is the younger of two Kiribati airlines (after flag carrier Air Kiribati), established in January 2009. The airline operated domestic service to all 17 airports in the Gilbert Islands, but stopped any regular service and offers only on-demand and chartered flights. In 2015 it purchased one new, larger aircraft, capable of flying to the Phoenix Islands and Line Islands. There was no domestic nor international service to these remote archipelagos to the east of the Gilbert Islands, having 8,800 and 20 inhabitants, respectively, except for one weekly flight on Fiji Airways between Honolulu and Kiritimati (Christmas) Island among the Line Islands, and Air Kiribati domestic flights between the Line Islands.
In January 2015, Coral Sun Airways announced their intentions to provide charter services between
The aircraft will be a
Domestic Destinations
No regular service since 2018:
- Gilbert Islands
- Abaiang – Abaiang Airport
- Abemama – Abemama Airport
- Aranuka – Aranuka Airport
- Arorae – Arorae Airport
- Beru – Beru Airport
- Butaritari – Butaritari Airport
- Kuria – Kuria Airport
- Maiana – Maiana Airport
- Makin – Makin Airport
- Marakei – Marakei Airport
- Nikunau – Nikunau Airport
- Nonouti – Nonouti Airport
- Onotoa – Onotoa Airport
- Tabiteuea North – Tabiteuea North Airport
- Tabiteuea South – Tabiteuea South Airport
- Tamana – Tamana Airport
- Tarawa – Bonriki International Airport Hub
- Phoenix Islands and Line Islands
- Kanton Island – Canton Island Airport
- Kiritimati (aka Christmas Island) – Cassidy International Airport
International Destinations
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- Solomon Islands
- Marshall Islands
- Majuro International Airport
- Fiji Islands
- Nausori Airport
- Nadi – Nadi International Airport
- Australia
- Cairns International Airport
Fleet
As of 2015 Coral Sun Airways owns the following fleet of aircraft:
- 1 Beechcraft King Air 200
- 1 Piper AztecF Model
- 3 IAI Westwind
External links
- (in English) Official website Archived 2020-06-24 at the Wayback Machine