Air Moorea

Air Moorea

IATA ICAO TAH Callsign AIR MOOREA
Founded	1968
Hubs	Faa'a International Airport
Focus cities	Moorea
Destinations
Headquarters	Faaa, Tahiti
Website	http://www.airmoorea.pf

Air Moorea is an airline based on the grounds of Faa'a International Airport in Faaa, Tahiti, French Polynesia,^[1][2] near Papeete. It operates passenger services within the Polynesian islands. Its main base is Faa'a International Airport.^[3]

History

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

On 9 August 2007, an Air Moorea Flight 1121 with 19 passengers and one pilot on board crashed into the lagoon about a minute after takeoff from Moorea Airport (Tamae Airport) on the French Polynesian island of 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.

Fleet

An Air Moorea Twin Otter in Tahia Collins livery

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

• 3 De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 300
• On order: 2 Viking DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 400^[4]

References

1. ^ "The Company." 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. ^ News releases: Viking Air

External links

	France portal
	Aviation portal
	Companies portal

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Air Moorea

• Official website
• Official website (French)
• Air Moorea (Archive) (English)/(French)

v t e Airlines of France Current Aigle Azur Air Austral Air Calédonie Air Calédonie International Air Caraïbes Air Caraïbes Atlantique Air Corsica Air France Air Guyane Air Loyauté Air Méditerranée Air Moorea Air Saint-Pierre Air Tahiti Air Tahiti Nui Air Tourisme Instruction Service Airbus Transport International Airlinair Atlantique Air Assistance Atlantique Air Lines Brit Air Chalair Corsair International Europe Airpost Hex'Air JDP France New Axis Airways OpenSkies Pan Européenne PEAS Rectimo Air Transports Régional St Barth Commuter Transavia France Tropic Airlines Twinair Twin Jet XL Airways France Aero Charter DARTA Aero Services Executive Air Antilles Express Eagle Aviation France Finist'air Flandre Air Octavia Airlines Sud Airlines Take Air Wan Air Defunct AOM French Airlines Aeris Aerolinair Aéropostale Air Alpes Air Alsace Air Atlantique Air Charter International Air Horizons Air Inter Air Liberté Air Littoral Air Martinique Air Orient Air Turquoise Air Union AlsaceExcel Aria Blue Line CIDNA Champagne Airlines Compagnie des Messageries Aériennes EAS Europe Airlines Euralair Euroberlin Euroberlin France Eurojet Airlines Flywest Grands Express Aériens L'Avion Minerve New Axis Airways Point Air Société Générale de Transport Aériens TAT European Airlines Transports Aériens Intercontinentaux Union des Transports Aériens Virgin Express France Air Bourbon Air Guadeloupe