I was just looking at my Air Tungaru timetable from the late 70's not too long ago. It operated a 727 HNL CXI (Christmas Island) Kirabati plus a "4 engine Heron aircraft" to Funafatu (spelling?) David Ross http://home.attbi.com/~damiross/airlines.html ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scotty" <scotty@aeroplane.ru> To: <AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU> Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2002 19:05 Subject: Re: [AIRLINE] Article from bizjournals.com: Air Kiribati launches this week > Hmm....Dave, I think "Pacific Business News" is printing this some 7 years > too late. Air Kiribati has been around since 1995, and took over from Air > Tungaru (anyone remember their 727?). > > I think what the article means is that Air Kiribati is now ready to start > services with the ATR72, which sat at the airport in Tarawa whilst > certification problems were being sorted. > > The routes this aircraft will be flying are: > > Tarawa (Kiribati)-Majuro (Marshall Islands)-Tarawa-Funafuti (Tuvalu)-Nadi > (Fiji) on Tuesdays, and > Nadi-Funafuti-Tarawa-Majuro-Tarawa on Thursdays > > Air Kiribati also has a Harbin Y-12, which it uses for domestic flights > within the many islands of the Kiribati nation. Not sure about their CASA > 212 though. > > Here is a bit more detailed info on Air Kiribati and these flights: > > http://www.pacificislands.cc/pm122002/pinadefault.cfm?pinaid=6629 > > Dave, as I know you are interested in Pacific aviation, > www.pacificislands.cc is basically the best news resource out there, > especially when looking for Pacific aviation. > > Cheers > > Scotty > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <dmueller7@lycos.com> > To: <AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU> > Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2002 5:26 PM > Subject: Article from bizjournals.com: Air Kiribati launches this week > > > Hello from bizjournals.com! David Mueller (dmueller7@lycos.com) thought you > might like the following article from Pacific Business News: > > > Air Kiribati launches this week > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > The newest Pacific island airline, Air Kiribati, intends to begin > revenue service this week. > > The carrier plans to serve Kiribati with flights to Fiji, Tuvalu and > Nauru. > > Fiji has fairly regular airline connections to large surrounding nations > but Kiribati, Tuvalu and Nauru can involve changing planes several times > and using smaller carriers. >