List of defunct airlines of Oceania explained

This is a list of defunct airlines of Oceania.

American Samoa

Defunct airlines of American Samoa include:

Airline	Image	IATA	ICAO	Callsign	Commenced operations	Ceased operations	Notes
Inter Island Airways					1993	2015
Samoa Airlines		MB			1982	1986
Samoan Air Lines					1959	1960
South Pacific Island Airways		HK	SPI	SOUTH PACIFIC	1973	1987

Australia

See main article: List of defunct airlines of Australia.

Fiji

Defunct airlines of Fiji include:

French Polynesia

Defunct airlines of French Polynesia include:

Guam

Defunct airlines of Guam include:

Airline	Image	IATA	ICAO	Callsign	Commenced operations	Ceased operations	Notes
Air Mike Express		AM	AME	AIR MIKE	1994	2012
Continental Micronesia		CS	CMI	AIR MIKE	1968	2012	Rebranded as a subsidiary United Airlines in 2012 and eventually absorbed by United in 2017.
Freedom Air		FP	FRE	FREEDOM	1974	2013

Kiribati

Defunct airlines of Kiribati include:

New Zealand

See main article: List of defunct airlines of New Zealand.

Norfolk Island

Defunct airlines of the Norfolk Island include:

Airline	Image	IATA	ICAO	Callsign	Commenced operations	Ceased operations	Notes
Norfolk Air		N5	NFK	NORFIK AIR	2005	2011
Norfolk Island Airlines		UG	NIA		1973	1992
Norfolk Island Airlines					2017	2018	Used Nauru Airlines aircraft
Norfolk Jet Express		YE			1997	2004

Northern Mariana Islands

Defunct airlines of the Northern Mariana Islands include:^{[1] [2]}

Airline	Image	IATA	ICAO	Callsign	Commenced operations	Ceased operations	Notes
Air Marianas					1983	1984
Fly Marianas					2012	2012
Pacific Island Aviation		9J	PSA	PACIFIC ISLE	1987	2005
Saipan Air		Q7			2011	2012	Formed by Tan Holdings (owner of Asia Pacific Airlines). Expected to start operations on 1 July 2012 using ACMI aircraft (wet lease) from Swift Air. However deposits paid to Swift Air "evaporated" when Swift Air entered Chapter 11 and Saipan Air halted its project on 29 June 2012.

Palau

Defunct airlines of Palau include:

Airline	Image	IATA	ICAO	Callsign	Commenced operations	Ceased operations	Notes
Palau Airways		P7	PAU	PALAIRWAYS	2011	2013
Palau Micronesia Air					2002	2004
Palau Pacific Airways		ED	AXE	PPA	2014	2018
Palau Trans Pacific Airlines		GP			2002	2005

Papua New Guinea

See main article: List of defunct airlines of Papua New Guinea.

Samoa

Defunct airlines of Samoa include:^{[1] [2]}

Airline	Image	IATA	ICAO	Callsign	Commenced operations	Ceased operations	Notes
Polynesian Airlines		OL	PAO	POLYNESIAN	1959	2017	Rebranded as Samoa Airways
Polynesian Blue		DJ	PBL	BLUEBIRD	2005	2011	Rebranded as Virgin Samoa
Samoa Air		OL	SZB	SAMOA	2012	2015
South Pacific Express			SPX		2005	2009
Virgin Samoa		VA	VOZ	VELOCITY	2011	2017

Vanuatu

Defunct airlines of Vanuatu include:^{[1] [2]}

Airline	Image	IATA	ICAO	Callsign	Commenced operations	Ceased operations	Notes
Air Melanesiæ		HB			1965	1989	Formed by New Hebrides Airways and Hebridair. Later renamed Vanair
Dovair					1987	1990
New Hebrides Airways					1963	1965	Merged with Hebridair to form Air Melanesiæ
Hebridair					1964	1965	Merged with New Hebrides Airways to form Air Melanesiæ
Vanair		X4	ZHI		1989	2004	Originally formed as Air Melanesiae. Acquired by Air Vanuatu in 2001 for five months, when the merger was reversed. The airlines remerged in 2004.

See also

• List of airlines of Oceania

Bibliography

• Howard. Paul. Pioneering in the Trusts: Postwar Airline Pioneering in US Trust Territory . Air Enthusiast . November–December 1999. 84. 35–40 . 0143-5450.

Notes and References

1. Web site: The World's leading Airline Intelligence Provider since 1998. ch-aviation.com. 2019-03-09.
2. Web site: Since 1997, ATDB is the only service providing an accurate global and permanently updated details of all worldwide transport aircraft, airlines, private and government operators - and leasing companies.. aerotransport.org. 2019-03-09.