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HISTORY The airline was established and started operations on April 1 1995 , after the collapse of the previous national airline Air Tungaru , which had been formed on 31 October 1977 . In March 2004 Air Kiribati ended its international operations. It is owned 100% by the Government of Kiribati. SERVICES Air Kiribati operates only domestic flights since 2003 (and most of the Gilbert Islands are linked except Banaba Island ). The Line Islands and Phoenix Islands are too far for direct flights. Until 2004 , Aloha Airlines connected Honolulu to Christmas Island on behalf of Air Kiribati, but because of Aloha difficulties, there have been no more flights since April 2004. Since October 4 , 2005 , a new service is operated by Fijian Air Pacific , every Tuesday, from Honolulu, with 24 places chartered on each flight by Air Kiribati. Flight diversions can also be arranged when required. Medevac and SAR are always considered priority. FLEET The Air Kiribati fleet consists of 1 Britten-Norman BN2A Islander aircraft and 1 Casa C212 -200 (at January 2005 ). For one year, it also consisted of 1 ATR-72 -500. Its huge costs eventually led to a change in the president of Kiribati . EXTERNAL LINKS |
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