Aircalin is the international airline of New Caledonia and is based at Nouméa. Air Caledonie is the domestic airline for New Caledonia.
Code Data
- IATA Code: SB
- ICAO Code: ACI
- Callsign: Aircalin
History
Aircalin was established in 1983 and started operations on 2 December with a Nouméa toMelbourne service in partnership with Qantas using a Boeing 747. A service also began to Brisbane, Port Vila, Wallis and Futuna and Nadi with a Boeing 737-200 leased from Air Nauru. In 1985 a Caravelle 10B3 was purchased and in 1987 a Twin Otter was based in Wallis for the Wallis and Futuna service. The Caravelle was removed from service in 1988 and a Boeing 737 acquired. During 1995-96 a Douglas DC-10-30 was used on Nouméa, Brisbane and Papeete services. In 1996 the new Aircalin logo was made public. A chartered Boeing 767 was used from 1997. In March 2000 an Airbus A310 began service on new flights to Osaka. Two Airbus A330-200 were ordered in 2001 and entered service in early 2003. In February 2004 the Airbus A320 was delivered and entered service between Nouméa and Sydney.
Services
Aircalin operates services to the following destinations (at March 2005):
- Nouméa to Auckland, Brisbane, Nadi, Osaka, Papeete, Port Vila, Sydney, Tokyo and Wallis and Futuna
Fleet
The Aircalin fleet consists of the following aircraft (at March 2005):
- 2 Airbus A330-200
- 1 Airbus A320
- 1 DHC 6-300 Twin Otter
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