Nauru – airline
Nauru Airlines is launching an Island Hopper service connecting Palau to Brisbane, Australia.
The Island Times reports the weekly service, supported by the Australian Government’s Flight Programme, will operate with stopovers in Nauru, Kiribati, the Marshall Islands, and Pohnpei.
The airline will be basing its crew in Palau and has contracted with a local company to provide catering services.
Niue – tourism
Niue’s director of tourism says local operators are thrilled with a second Air New Zealand weekly flight next year.
Stuff reports Air New Zealand will fly to Niue on Tuesdays and Saturdays from April until the end of October.
Currently, the airline runs a seasonal, twice-weekly service but only until the end of January.
Niue Director of Tourism Micah Fuhiniu-Viviani said the extra flight complements the hard work their team and the wider tourism industry has put in over this last winter.
Upgrades are underway to the island’s…