Aircalin

This article is about Aircalin, the international airline of New Caledonia. For the domestic airline, see Air Calédonie.
Aircalin
IATA
SB		 ICAO
ACI		 Callsign
AIRCALIN
Founded 1983
Hubs La Tontouta International Airport
Frequent-flyer program Flying Blue
Alliance Air France, Air New Zealand, Qantas
Fleet size 4
Destinations 11
Parent company Government of New Caledonia
Headquarters Nouméa, New Caledonia
Key people Bernard Delqdriere (President)
Didier Tappero (MD)
Jeqn Guy Lengline (Second MD)
Website www.aircalin.com
Aircalin's Airbus A320 at Sydney Airport. (2004)

Société Aircalin, also known as Air Calédonie International, is a French airline and is the international airline of New Caledonia. It also operates domestic services in Wallis and Futuna.[1] Including Wallis and Futuna, it operates scheduled services to twelve destinations in Oceania and Asia, including Japan. Its main base is La Tontouta International Airport.[2] It is headquartered in Nouméa.[3]

History

Aircalin Airbus A320-200 at Sydney Airport in 2012

The Aircalin company commenced operations in 1983.[1]

The airline is owned by Caisse d'Epargne Group (72%), Agence pour la Desserte aerienne de Nouvelle Caledonie (27%) and others, including staff (1%). It has 390 employees (at March 2007).[2]

Destinations

Aircalin serves the below destinations (at December 2013):[4]

Hub
Terminated destination
City Country IATA ICAO Airport Refs
Auckland New ZealandAKLNZAAAuckland Airport
Brisbane AustraliaBNEYBBNBrisbane Airport
Melbourne AustraliaMELYMMLMelbourne Airport
Nadi FijiNANNFFNNadi International Airport
Nouméa New Caledonia FranceNOUNWWWLa Tontouta International Airport
Seoul Republic of KoreaICNRKSIIncheon International Airport
Osaka JapanKIXRJBBKansai International Airport
Papeete French Polynesia FrancePPTNTAAFaa'a International Airport
Port Vila VanuatuVLINVVVBauerfield International Airport
Sydney AustraliaSYDYSSYSydney Airport
Tokyo JapanNRTRJAANarita International Airport
Wallis Wallis and FutunaWLSNLLWHihifo Airport

Codeshare agreements

Aircalin has codeshare agreements with the following airlines (as of April 2015):[5]

Fleet

As of December 2013 the Aircalin fleet includes the following aircraft:[1][6]

Aircraft Total Passengers Notes
J Y Total
Airbus A320
2
 8 138
150		 146
158		 F-OZNC aircraft enter into service in September 2014
Airbus A330-200
2
 24 242 266

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Aircalin fleet." Aircalin. Retrieved on 8 December 2013.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Flight International 27 March 2007
  3. ↑ "Contact Us." Aircalin. Retrieved on 2 October 2009. "47, rue de Sébastopol BP 3736 98846 NOUMEA CEDEX"
  4. ↑ "Route Map." Aircalin. Retrieved on 8 December 2013
  5. ↑ Aircalin Partners
  6. ↑ French civil aircraft register, using "Noumea La Tontouta" and "Wallis Hihifo" as the Port d'attache search parameter. Searches conducted 8 December 2013

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