Air Moorea
| Air Moorea | |
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| IATA code : | without |
| ICAO code : | TAH |
| Call sign : | AIR MOOREA |
| Founding: | 1968 |
| Operation stopped: | 2010 |
| Seat: |
Papeete , French Polynesia
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| Turnstile : |
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| Home airport : | Faa'a International Airport |
| Company form: | Air Tahiti subsidiary |
| Fleet size: | 4th |
| Aims: | 1 |
| Air Moorea ceased operations in 2010. The information in italics refer to the last status before the end of operation. | |
Air Moorea was a regional airline founded in 1968 as a subsidiary of Réseau Aérien Interinsulaire (RAI). Air Moorea mainly operated shuttle flights from Faa'a International Airport in Papeete to Temae Airport in Moorea . In addition, the company also offered flights to more distant islands in the French Polynesia archipelago . In 2010 the company ceased operations.
fleet
Fleet at the end of operations
As of September 2010, Air Moorea's fleet consisted of four de Havilland Canada DHC- 6-300 Twin Otters.
Previously deployed aircraft
Before it ceased operations, Air Moorea also used the following types of aircraft:
Incidents
- On August 9, 2007, a DHC-6 Twin Otter crashed into the sea on Air Moorea Flight 1121 shortly after taking off from Moorea Airfield . The machine was on its way to the neighboring island of Tahiti . This flight usually only takes a few minutes. All 20 passengers died, including two European Commission officials .
See also
Web links
Commons : Air Moorea - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ Direction générale de l'aviation civile : ( page no longer available , search in web archives: official aircraft register ) September 24, 2010
- ^ Ulrich Klee, Frank Bucher et al .: jp airline-fleets international . Zurich Airport 1970–2007.
- ^ Ulrich Klee, Frank Bucher et al .: jp airline-fleets international . Sutton, UK, 2008-2010.
- ↑ 20 Thought Dead In Pacific Plane Crash. CBS News, accessed February 23, 2013
