Air Rarotonga

Air Rarotonga
IATA
GZ		 ICAO
RAR		 Callsign
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Founded 1978
Hubs Rarotonga International Airport
Fleet size 4
Destinations
Headquarters Rarotonga, Cook Islands
Website www.airraro.com

Air Rarotonga is an airline based in Rarotonga, Cook Islands and is ‘the airline of the Cook Islands’. It operates inter-island scheduled services throughout the Cook Islands. It also operates chartered flights to French Polynesia, Niue, Samoa and Tonga.[2] Its main base is Rarotonga International Airport.[3]

Contents

History

The airline was established in February 1978 and started operations in July 1978 with a Cessna 337 aircraft. The company is owned by three private investors. More than 70,000 passengers travel between its island destinations each year.

Destinations

Following is a list of destinations Air Rarotonga flies to as part of its scheduled services, as of November 2011[4]. Terminated and codeshare destinations are also listed.

Hub
City Country IATA ICAO Airport Refs
Aitutaki  Cook Islands AIT NCAI Aitutaki Airport [4]
Atiu  Cook Islands AIU NCAT Enua Airport [4]
Mangaia  Cook Islands MGS NCMG Mangaia Airport [4]
Manihiki  Cook Islands MHZ NCMH Manihiki Island Airport [4]
Mauke  Cook Islands MUK NCMK Mauke Airport [4]
Mitiaro  Cook Islands MOI NCMR Mitiaro Airport [4]
Penrhyn Island  Cook Islands PYE NCPY Tongareva Airport [4]
Pukapuka  Cook Islands NCPK Pukapuka Island Airfield [4]
Rarotonga  Cook Islands RAR NCRG Rarotonga International Airport [4]

The airline also offers scenic flights over Rarotonga and air charter services to neighbouring Pacific Island countries including Tahiti, Niue, Tonga and Samoa. The airline also operates Air Ambulance evacuations from all island airports in the Cook Islands when needed.[5]

Fleet

As of April 2011 the Air Rarotonga fleet includes the following aircraft:[6]

Air Rarotonga Fleet
Aircraft Total Orders Passengers
(Economy)
Cessna 172 1 0 3
Embraer EMB-110P1 Bandeirante 2 0 15
Saab 340A 1 0 34
Total 4 0

External links

Oceania portal
Aviation portal

References

  1. ^ "Air Rarotonga - Book a Flight". http://www.airraro.com/Criteria.aspx. Retrieved 2008-02-17. 
  2. ^ http://www.airraro.com/clientpages/raro/charters.html
  3. ^ Flight International 27 March 2007
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Air Rarotonga Route Maps". Air Rarotonga. http://www.airraro.com/clientpages/raro/routemap.html. Retrieved 12 November 2011. 
  5. ^ http://www.airraro.com/clientpages/raro/medevac.html
  6. ^ http://www.airraro.com/clientpages/raro/fleet.html
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