- Airlines Tonga
Airlines Tonga is an
airline based in NukuOkinaalofa,Tonga . It operates services within Tonga and flights are operated on its behalf byAir Fiji .cite news | title= Directory: World Airlines | work=Flight International | page= 70 | date= 2007-03-27]History
The airline started operations in December
2005 as a joint venture partnership between Air Fiji (49%) and Tongan travel agency Teta Tours (51%). Airlines Tonga becomes the second domestic airline of Tonga afterPeau Vavaʻu .On August 23, 2008, Airlines Tonga ceased all activity indefinitely, citing its inability to meet rising fuel costs. It does not intend, however, to remain out of business permanently. [ [http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=41785 "Tonga Government trying to figure out extent of financial strife at Airlines Tonga"] , Radio New Zealand International, September 1, 2008]
Destinations
Airlines Tonga operates services to the following destinationsFact|date=April 2007 :
*
Vava'u
*Ha'apai
*'Eua Fleet
The airline operates the following aircraft Fact|date=April 2007:
*
Harbin Y-12 Mark II twin engine turboprop aircraft
*Embraer EMB 110 Bandeirante twin engine turboprop aircraftExternal links
* [http://www.tetatourstonga.to/airline_tonga.html Airlines Tonga]
* [https://www.airfiji.com.fj/pages.cfm/home/airlines-tonga.html Air Fiji/Airlines Tonga]References
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