- Aircalin
Infobox_Airline
airline=Aircalin
logo=Aircalin logo.png
logo_size=250
fleet_size=4
destinations=11
IATA=SB
ICAO=ACI
callsign=AIRCALIN
parent=Caisse d'Epargne Group
founded=1983
headquarters=Nouméa ,New Caledonia
hubs=La Tontouta International Airport
frequent_flyer=Flying Blue , Club 500
key_people=Charles Lavoix (president), Jean-Michel Masson (managing director), Didier Tappero (second managing director)
alliance=Interline agreements
website= http://www.aircalin.com/Société Aircalin, also known as Air Calédonie International, is the international
airline ofNew Caledonia and is based atNouméa . It operates scheduled services to 10 regional destinations, includingJapan . Its main base isLa Tontouta International Airport , NouméaFlight International 27 March 2007] .History
Aircalin was established in September
1983 and started operations on2 December 1983 with a Nouméa toMelbourne service in partnership withQantas using aBoeing 747 . This service later became known as le Caledonian Express. A service also began toBrisbane ,Port Vila ,Wallis and Futuna andNadi with aBoeing 737 -200 leased fromAir Nauru . In1985 , a Caravelle 10B3 was purchased and in1987 aTwin Otter was based in Wallis for the Wallis and Futuna service. The Caravelle was removed from service in1988 and a Boeing 737 acquired. During 1995-96, aDouglas DC-10 -30 was used on Nouméa, Brisbane andPapeete 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 charteredBoeing 767 was used from1997 . In March2000 anAirbus A310 began service on new flights toOsaka . TwoAirbus A330 -200 were ordered in2001 and entered service in early2003 . In February2004 , theAirbus A320 was delivered and entered service between Nouméa andSydney .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 ).Destinations
Asia East Asia *JPN
**Osaka (Kansai International Airport )
**Tokyo (Narita International Airport )
*KOR
**Seoul (Incheon International Airport )Oceania Australasia *AUS
**Brisbane (Brisbane Airport )
**Cairns (Cairns International Airport )
**Sydney (Sydney Airport )
*NZL
**Auckland (Auckland International Airport )Pacific Islands *FIJ
**Nadi (Nadi International Airport )
*flagicon|French PolynesiaFrench Polynesia
**Papeete (Faa'a International Airport )
*flagicon|FranceNew Caledonia
**Nouméa (La Tontouta International Airport ) Hub
*VAN
**Port Vila (Bauerfield International Airport )
*WLF
**Futuna (Pointe Vele Airport )
**Wallis (Hihifo Airport )Fleet
The Aircalin fleet includes the following aircraft (at
12 July 2008 ) [http://www.ch-aviation.ch/aircraft.php?search=set&airline=SB&al_op=1] :*1
Airbus A320-232
*2Airbus A330-202
*1 De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 300External links
* [http://www.aircalin.com/ Aircalin]
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