Aircalin
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| IATA code : | SB |
| ICAO code : | ACI |
| Call sign : | AIRCALIN |
| Founding: | 1983 |
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Nouméa , New Caledonia
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| Home airport : | La Tontouta Airport |
| IATA prefix code : | 063 |
| Number of employees: | 390 (March 2007) |
| Passenger volume: | 290,000 |
| Frequent Flyer Program : | Flying Blue |
| Fleet size: | 4 (+ 2 orders) |
| Aims: | international |
| Website: | aircalin.com |
Aircalin is a French airline based in Nouméa in New Caledonia and based at La Tontouta Airport .
history
Aircalin was founded in September 1983 and began operations on December 2, 1983 in cooperation with Qantas and a Boeing 747 between Nouméa and Melbourne . This service later became known as "le Caledonian Express". Later the destinations Brisbane , Port Vila , Wallis and Futuna as well as Nadi were added by means of a Boeing 737-200 leased from Air Nauru . In 1985 a Sud Aviation Caravelle 10B3 was purchased. In 1987 a de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter was added, which was stationed for service in Wallis and Futuna in the Wallis Islands . In 1988 the Caravelle 10B3 was replaced by a Boeing 737. Between 1995 and 1996 a McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 was used for service between Nouméa, Brisbane and Papeete . In 1996 the new Aircalin logo was published. On July 11, 1996, a partnership agreement was signed with Qantas. A Boeing 767 has been in charter operation since 1997 . In March 2000, an Airbus A310 began flight service to Osaka . Two Airbus A330-200s were ordered in 2001 and put into service in late 2002 and early 2003, respectively. An Airbus A320-200 was acquired in February 2004 and has been in service between Nouméa and Sydney ever since .
On November 29, 2016, Airbus announced that Aircalin had entered into a letter of intent to purchase two A320neo and two A330-900neo each . Airbus announced the conversion of the letter of intent into an order on October 11, 2017.
The airline is 72% owned by Groupe Caisse d'Epargne , 27% by Agence pour la Desserte aérienne de Nouvelle Caledonie and 1% of the workforce. In March 2007 it employed 390 people.
In November 2019, an Airbus A330-200 that had already been decommissioned was temporarily reactivated. This was intended as a replacement for a new Airbus A330-900, in which there was an odor problem. As a result, it no longer carried passengers until it was repaired. At the beginning of 2020 the Airbus A330-200 was phased out again.
Destinations
Aircalin flies from Nouméa to destinations in Oceania , East and Australasia .
There are also codeshare agreements with Air France , Air New Zealand , Air Tahiti Nui and Qantas Airways .
fleet
Current fleet
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As of May 2020, the Aircalin fleet consists of four aircraft with an average age of 7.5 years:
| Aircraft type | number | ordered | Remarks | Seats ( Business / Premium / Economy ) |
Average age
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| Airbus A320-200 | 2 | leased | 146 (8 / - / 138) 158 (8 / - / 150) |
14.2 years | |
| Airbus A320neo | 2 | are intended to replace A320-200 | 168 (- / - / 168) | ||
| Airbus A330-900neo | 2 | Delivered in 2019 | 291 (26/21/244) | 0.8 years | |
| total | 4th | 2 | 7.5 years |
Former aircraft types
Aircalin has already used the following types of aircraft in the past:
See also
Web links
- Aircalin website (French, English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Airbus - Aircalin orders two A330neo and two A320neo, November 29, 2016 ( memento of December 20, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on December 10, 2016
- ↑ Aircalin firms up order for two A320neos and two A330neos. Airbus.com , October 11, 2017, accessed October 17, 2017 .
- ↑ Patrick Zwerger: Stench in the cabin: Aircalin temporarily shuts down the A330neo. In: Flugrevue.de. November 11, 2019, accessed May 22, 2020 .
- ↑ 2-OJSE GA Telesis Airbus A330-202. In: planespotters.net. May 22, 2020, accessed on May 22, 2020 .
- ↑ Aims of Aircalin (English), accessed on March 26, 2018
- ↑ aircalin.com - Airline partnerships , accessed December 10, 2016
- ↑ a b c d e Aircalin - Air Caledonie International Fleet Details and History. In: planespotters.net. April 14, 2020, accessed May 22, 2020 .
- ↑ Airbus - Orders and deliveries. In: airbus.com. April 30, 2020, accessed on May 22, 2020 .
- ↑ aircalin.com - The Fleet , accessed November 29, 2016
- ↑ Aircalin orders two A330neo and two A320neo. In: airbus.com/newsroom. November 29, 2016, accessed May 22, 2020 .
