Aircalin
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Template:Infobox Airline Aircalin (Air Caledonie International) is the international airline of New Caledonia and is based at Nouméa. It operates scheduled services to 10 regional destinations, reaching as far as Japan. Its main base is La Tontouta Airport, Nouméa. Air Caledonie is the domestic airline for New Caledonia.
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History
Aircalin was established in September 1983 and started operations on 2 December 1983 with a Nouméa to Melbourne service in partnership with Qantas using a Boeing 747. This service later became known as le Caledonian Express. 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 memorandum of understanding for alliance was signed with Qantas on 11 July 1996, leading to the establishment of joint services. 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.
The airline is owned by Caisse d'Epargne Group (72%), Agence pour la Desserte aerienne de Nouvelle Caledonie (27%) and others, including staff (1%).
Services
Aircalin operates services to the following destinations (at March 2005):
Fleet
The Aircalin fleet consists of the following aircraft (at August 2005):
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