X4 ZHI* Destinations 29 Founded 1965 Fleet size 4 | ZHI* - Headquarters Port Vila, Vanuatu Ceased operations September 2004 | |
Hubs Bauerfield International Airport Hub Bauerfield International Airport | ||
Vanair under truck air compressors and generators
Not to be confused with the Czech airline Van Air Europe
Contents
- Vanair under truck air compressors and generators
- Air n arc i 300 all in one power system by vanair short version
- History
- Fleet
- 1981
- 1971
- Incidents and accidents
- References
Vanair was a domestic airline based in Vanuatu. The airline flew to 29 destinations on 18 of Vanuatu's 83 islands, and was wholly owned by the Vanuatu government.
Air n arc i 300 all in one power system by vanair short version
History
The airline commenced operations as Air Melanesiæ in 1965 as a joint venture between two existing airlines, the British-owned New Hebrides Airways (founded in 1963) and French-owned Société Néo-Hébridaise de Transports Aériens, known as Hebridair (founded 1964). New Hebrides Airways contributed a de Havilland Australia DHA-3 Drover to the operation, while Hebridair provided a Dornier Do 28, however the Do 28 crashed in 1966. By the beginning of the 1970s the airline was controlled by Qantas and British Overseas Airways Corporation via their shareholdings in New Hebrides Airways, and by Union des Transports Aériens which had taken over Hebridair and renamed it Société Francais Air Hebride. In November 1989 the airline was renamed Vanair. In 2004, it merged with Vanuatu's government-owned flag carrier, Air Vanuatu.
Fleet
At the time of the merger with Air Vanuatu the Vanair fleet included: