List of defunct airlines of Oceania

This is a list of defunct airlines of Oceania.

American Samoa

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

Airline Image IATA ICAO Callsign Commenced
operations
Ceased
operations
Notes
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 Image 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 Image 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 Image 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 Image IATA ICAO Callsign Commenced
operations
Ceased
operations
Notes
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 Image 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 Image IATA ICAO Callsign 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.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d "The World's leading Airline Intelligence Provider since 1998". ch-aviation.com. Retrieved 2019-03-09.
  2. ^ a b c d "Since 1997, ATDB is the only service providing an accurate global and permanently updated details of all worldwide transport aircraft, airlines, private and government operators - and leasing companies". aerotransport.org. Retrieved 2019-03-09.

Bibliography

  • Howard, Paul (November–December 1999). "Pioneering in the Trusts: Postwar Airline Pioneering in US Trust Territory". Air Enthusiast (84): 35–40. ISSN 0143-5450.
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