List of defunct airlines of Oceania

Last updated July 02, 2023

This is a list of defunct airlines of Oceania.

American Samoa

Defunct airlines of American Samoa include:^[1]^[2]

Airline	IATA	ICAO	Callsign	Commenced operations	Ceased operations
Inter Island Airways				1993	2015
Samoa Airlines	MB			1982	1986
Samoan Air Lines				1959	1960
South Pacific Island Airways	HK	SPI	SOUTH PACIFIC	1973	1987

Australia

Fiji

Defunct airlines of Fiji include:

Airline	Image	IATA	ICAO	Callsign	Commenced operations	Ceased operations	Notes
Air Fiji		PC	FAJ	FIJIAIR	1995	2009

French Polynesia

Defunct airlines of French Polynesia include:

Airline	Image	IATA	ICAO	Callsign	Commenced operations	Ceased operations	Notes
Air Moorea		QE	TAH	AIR MOOREA	1968	2010

Guam

Defunct airlines of Guam include:

Airline	IATA	ICAO	Callsign	Commenced operations	Ceased operations	Notes
Air Mike Express	AM	AME	AIR MIKE	1994	2012
Continental Micronesia	CS	CMI	AIR MIKE	1968	2012	Rebranded as a subsidiary United Airlines in 2012 and eventually absorbed by United in 2017.
Freedom Air	FP	FRE	FREEDOM	1974	2013

Kiribati

Defunct airlines of Kiribati include:

Airline	Image	IATA	ICAO	Callsign	Commenced operations	Ceased operations	Notes
Air Tungaru		VK	TUN		1977	1994

New Zealand

Norfolk Island

Defunct airlines of the Norfolk Island include:

Airline	IATA	ICAO	Callsign	Commenced operations	Ceased operations	Notes
Norfolk Air	N5	NFK	NORFIK AIR	2005	2011
Norfolk Island Airlines	UG	NIA		1973	1992
Norfolk Island Airlines				2017	2018	Used Nauru Airlines aircraft
Norfolk Jet Express	YE			1997	2004

Northern Mariana Islands

Defunct airlines of the Northern Mariana Islands include:^[1]^[2]

Airline	IATA	ICAO	Callsign	Commenced operations	Ceased operations	Notes
Air Marianas				1983	1984
Fly Marianas				2012	2012
Pacific Island Aviation	9J	PSA	PACIFIC ISLE	1987	2005
Saipan Air	Q7			2011	2012	Formed by Tan Holdings (owner of Asia Pacific Airlines). Expected to start operations on 1 July 2012 using ACMI aircraft (wet lease) from Swift Air. However deposits paid to Swift Air "evaporated" when Swift Air entered Chapter 11 and Saipan Air halted its project on 29 June 2012.

Palau

Defunct airlines of Palau include:

Airline	IATA	ICAO	Callsign	Commenced operations	Ceased operations
Palau Airways	P7	PAU	PALAIRWAYS	2011	2013
Palau Micronesia Air				2002	2004
Palau Pacific Airways	ED	AXE	PPA	2014	2018
Palau Trans Pacific Airlines	GP			2002	2005

Papua New Guinea

Samoa

Defunct airlines of Samoa include:^[1]^[2]

Airline	IATA	ICAO	Callsign	Commenced operations	Ceased operations	Notes
Polynesian Airlines	OL	PAO	POLYNESIAN	1959	2017	Rebranded as Samoa Airways
Polynesian Blue	DJ	PBL	BLUEBIRD	2005	2011	Rebranded as Virgin Samoa
Samoa Air	OL	SZB	SAMOA	2012	2015
South Pacific Express		SPX		2005	2009
Virgin Samoa	VA	VOZ	VELOCITY	2011	2017

Tonga

Vanuatu

Defunct airlines of Vanuatu include:^[1]^[2]

Airline	IATA	ICAO	Commenced operations	Ceased operations	Notes
Air Melanesiæ	HB		1965	1989	Formed by New Hebrides Airways and Hebridair. Later renamed Vanair
Dovair			1987	1990
New Hebrides Airways			1963	1965	Merged with Hebridair to form Air Melanesiæ
Hebridair			1964	1965	Merged with New Hebrides Airways to form Air Melanesiæ
Vanair	X4	ZHI	1989	2004	Originally 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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