Air Moana is an airline in
French Polynesia
French Polynesia ( ; ; ) is an overseas collectivity of France and its sole #Governance, overseas country. It comprises 121 geographically dispersed islands and atolls stretching over more than in the Pacific Ocean, South Pacific Ocean. The t ...
. Its main hub is at
Faa'a International Airport. It operates domestic flights within French Polynesia using three
ATR-72 aircraft.
The airline was established in January 2022 by Christian Vernaudon, a former head of
Air Tahiti
Air Tahiti is a French airline company which operates in French Polynesia. Its main hub is Faa'a International Airport. It is the largest private employer in French Polynesia.
Company history
Early seaplane operations
The company was foun ...
, with plans to use ATR aircraft to fly domestic flights to the Society islands and Tuamotus. it secured its domestic operating licence in December 2022, with its first aircraft arriving later that month. In December 2022,
Sofidep, the French Polynesian development finance company, took a stake in the airline.
It secured its air operators certificate in February 2023. It made its inaugural flight to
Bora Bora
Bora Bora (French language, French: ''Bora-Bora''; Tahitian language, Tahitian: ''Pora Pora'') is an island group in the Leeward Islands (Society Islands), Leeward Islands in the Pacific Ocean, South Pacific. The Leeward Islands comprise the we ...
on 8 February 2023.
The airline took delivery of its second ATR 72–600 in March 2023.
Fleet
, Air Moana operates the following aircraft:
References
External links
Official website
Airlines of French Polynesia
Airlines established in 2022
2022 establishments in Oceania
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