Air Moorea

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Air Moorea
Air Moorea Logo.png
DHC-6-300 (F-OHJG) of Air Moorea at Moorea (MOZ - NTTM) 28 March 2007.jpg
IATA ICAO Call sign
QETAHAIR MOOREA
Founded1968
Ceased operations2010
Hubs Faa'a International Airport
Focus cities Mo'orea
Headquarters Faaa, Tahiti, French Polynesia, France
Website http://www.airmoorea.pf

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

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History

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

Air Moorea mainly flew short inter-island services, especially the link between Tahiti and Moorea, which was among the busiest routes in French Polynesia. The company first used small Britten-Norman Islander and Piper Aztec, later replacing them with DHC-6 Twin Otters that handled several daily rotations on the route. [4]

Air Moorea ceased all operations on 1 November 2010. [5] The decision followed financial losses and restructuring within its parent company Air Tahiti, compounded by the reputational and legal aftermath of the 2007 crash of Air Moorea Flight 1121. [6] .

Fleet

An Air Moorea Twin Otter in Tahia Collins livery Air.Moorea.jpg
An Air Moorea Twin Otter in Tahia Collins livery

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

Accidents and incidents

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The memorial of the aircraft with occupants name

On 9 August 2007, Air Moorea Flight 1121 with 19 passengers and one pilot on board crashed into the lagoon about a minute after takeoff from Moorea Airport (Temae 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.

References

  1. ↑ "The Company Archived 2011-09-03 at the Wayback Machine ." 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. 1 2 3 Flight International 27 March 2007
  4. ↑ "Les Ailes des îles : 1968 – Air Moorea et Air Tahiti transporteurs privés". Tahiti Infos (in French). 2 February 2018.
  5. ↑ Rapport annuel 2010 – Polynésie française (PDF) (Report) (in French). Institut d’émission d’outre-mer (IEOM). 2011. La direction d'Air Moorea annonce l'arrêt de ses dessertes à compter du 1er novembre 2010.
  6. ↑ "Crash d'Air Moorea : la cour d'appel de Papeete confirme les condamnations". La Dépêche de Tahiti (in French). 17 December 2015.
  7. ↑ "News releases: Viking Air". Archived from the original on 2008-05-06. Retrieved 2008-06-24.
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