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Air Moana is an airline in French Polynesia. Its main hub is at Faa'a International Airport. It operates domestic flights within French Polynesia using two ATR-72 aircraft.

The airline was established in January 2022 [1] by Christian Vernaudon, a former head of Air Tahiti, [2] with plans to use ATR aircraft to fly domestic flights to the Society islands and Tuamotus. [3] it secured its domestic operating licence in December 2022, [4] with its first aircraft arriving later that month. [5] In December 2022 Sofidep, the French Polynesian development finance company, took a stake in the airline. [6]

It secured its air operators certificate in February 2023. [7] It made its inaugural flight to Bora Bora on 8 February 2023. [8]

The airline took delivery of its second ATR 72–600 in March 2023. [9]

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References

  1. ↑ "Air Moana to fly across French Polynesia". RNZ. 11 January 2022. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
  2. ↑ "Ça se bouscule dans le ciel polynésien" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 12 January 2022. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
  3. ↑ "New airlines risk crowding Tahiti aviation market". RNZ. 26 January 2022. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
  4. ↑ "Air Moana obtient sa licence d'exploitation" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 7 December 2022. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
  5. ↑ "Le premier avion de la compagnie Air Moana a atterri à Faa'a" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 19 December 2022. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
  6. ↑ "La Sofidep entre au capital d'Air Moana" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 26 December 2022. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
  7. ↑ "French Polynesia's Air Moana secures its AOC". Ch Aviation. 6 February 2023. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
  8. ↑ "Pour Air Moana, "le ciel est suffisamment grand"" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 8 February 2023. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
  9. ↑ "Un deuxième avion "Poenui" pour Air Moana" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 10 March 2023. Retrieved 12 March 2023.


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