Air Tahiti Nui to end Sydney flights

[David B.]

Some time away, however it's yet another carrier to permanently depart Australian shores

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Air Tahiti Nui has decided to halt non-stop Sydney-Papeete flights next summer, but three weekly Sydney-Auckland Papeete flights will continue to allow Tahiti to develop the Australian tourist market.

Tahiti's international carrier has also decided to continue operating non-stop New York-Papeete flights next year, but only between June and October. During the remaining eight months of 2009, Air Tahiti Nui will not operate any flights from New York either non-stop or via Los Angeles.

Both recent decisions taken last week dismantled the hub system the airline created in Tahiti in July 2005 with the opening of non-stop New York-Papeete flights that connected with non-stop Sydney-Papeete flights. It was one of the most dramatic developments in the traditional Los Angeles-Papeete route and the Paris-Los Angeles-Papeete route in Tahiti's aviation history.

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Air Tahiti Nui will continue to offer a SYD-AKL-PPT service thrice weekly, with passengers flying Qantas across the ditch then TN to Papeete.

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