Air Vanuatu is an airline with its head office in the Air Vanuatu House, Port Vila, Vanuatu. It is Vanuatu’s national flag carrier, operating to Australia, New Zealand and points in the South Pacific. Its main base is Bauerfield International Airport, Port Vila.
Air Vanuatu was established in early 1981 after Vanuatu gained independence from the United Kingdom and France the previous year. The assistance of Ansett Airlines was sought and a five year agreement put in place for Ansett to provide aircraft and operating staff. Ansett also took a 40% stake in the new airline, the government of Vanuatu holding the other 60%. The first Air Vanuatu flight, a McDonnell Douglas DC-9-31 owned and operated by Ansett, departed Sydney for Port Vila on 5 Setembro 1981. Em maio 1982 um Boeing 737-200 of Polynesian Airlines replaced the DC-9; this was replaced in turn by an Ansett 737-200 in October 1985. Em março 1986 the agreement with Ansett expired and was not renewed, this had the effect of grounding the airline. Em janeiro 2008 Air Vanuatu replaced its Boeing 737-300 with a new Boeing 737-800. Three Harbin Y-12s were added to the fleet in early 2009 and in October the same year the airline took delivery of a new ATR 72-500 aircraft to replace its ATR 42. Four days after the ATR 72 arrived at Port Vila the Board of Air Vanuatu was sacked and replaced by Directors General of various Vanuatu government ministries. The ATR 72 made its first revenue flight for Air Vanuatu on 8 Novembro 2009.
A partir de dezembro 2012 Air Vanuatu operates six international routes to Australia, New Caledonia and New Zealand: Aeroporto de Auckland, Aeroporto de Brisbane, Honiara International Airport, Santo-Pekoa International Airport, Aeroporto de Melbourne, Nadi International Airport, Aeroporto Internacional de La Tontouta, O Aeroporto Internacional Bauerfield, Nausori International Airport, Aeroporto de Sydney.
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