List of airlines of Vanuatu

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Air Vanuatu AirVanuatu YJ-AV8.jpg NFAVNAIR VAN1981Flag carrier
Unity Airlines Unity Airlines Islander, Tanna, Vanuatu, June 2009 - Flickr - PhillipC.jpg 2005Charter operator
Vanuatu Helicopters Vanuatu Helicopters YJ-VHL.jpg

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Air Melanesiæ Air Melanesiae De Havilland Australia DHA-3 Drover Mk3 BWU Wheatley.jpg HBMEL19651989Formed by New Hebrides Airways and Hebridair. Later renamed Vanair
Dovair 19871990
New Hebrides Airways 19631965Merged with Hebridair to form Air Melanesiæ
Hebridair 19641965Merged with New Hebrides Airways to form Air Melanesiæ
Vanair X4ZHI19892004Originally formed as Air Melanesiae. Acquired by Air Vanuatu in 2001 for five months, when the merger was reversed. The airlines remerged in 2004.

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