Air Moorea was a French

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based on the grounds of Faa'a International Airport in Faaa,

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, France near

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. It operated passenger services within the Polynesian islands. Its main base was Faa'a International Airport.

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27 March 2007

History

The airline started operations in September 1968, and was wholly owned by

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. As of November 2010, the airline appeared to have stopped operations. While it's not known what airlines their planes went to, at least one of their planes, F-OHJG, moved into operation with Air Antilles.

Fleet

The Air Moorea fleet includes the following aircraft (at March 2007): *3 De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 300 *On order: 2 Viking DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 400

Accidents and incidents

On 9 August 2007,

Air Moorea Flight 1121 Air Moorea Flight 1121 was a de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter which crashed into the ocean shortly after takeoff from Moorea Airport on Moorea Island in French Polynesia on 9 August 2007 killing all 20 people on board. It was bound for Ta ...

with 19 passengers and one pilot on board crashed into the lagoon about a minute after takeoff from Moorea Airport (Temae Airport) on the French Polynesian island of Moorea, with the loss of 20 lives. The flight was heading for the Tahiti, Faa'a International Airport. The airline stated that this was its first crash in its 39-year history.

References

External links

Official websiteOfficial website

Air Moorea
(Archive) Defunct airlines of France Airlines of French Polynesia Airlines established in 1968 Airlines disestablished in 2010 1960s establishments in French Polynesia 1968 establishments in Oceania {{FrenchPolynesia-stub