Three carriers ink Pacific code share deal

BTN News
Tuesday, 28 June 2016

Effective 01 July 2016, Solomon Airlines, Air Niugini and Air Vanuatu will commence a code share service linking all three of their home destinations.


The new service will operate from Port Moresby to Honiara on Fridays, Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Ex-Honiara the code share service will operate from Honiara to Port Moresby on Saturdays, Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.

The code share also extends to a weekly Honiara-Port Vila-Honiara service into Bauerfield International Airport, Port Vila, operating ex-Honiara on Tuesdays and returning to Honiara on Wednesdays.

Meanwhile, Solomon Islands visitation has continued on in positive mode with figures recorded for April 2016 showing a 2.8 per cent increase.

Official Solomon Islands government statistics released this week show a total of 1799 international visitors arrived across the month compared to the 1750 recorded for the same period in 2015.


Australian numbers again dominated, the 763 figure recorded representing a 1.1 per cent increase on 2015 and claiming 43.5 per cent of all visitation.

Asian numbers showed the strongest growth, the 278 figure recorded for the month indicating a 30.5 per cent increase over the 213 figure recorded in April 2015.

Three carriers ink Pacific code share deal

BTN News
Tuesday, 28 June 2016

Effective 01 July 2016, Solomon Airlines, Air Niugini and Air Vanuatu will commence a code share service linking all three of their home destinations.


The new service will operate from Port Moresby to Honiara on Fridays, Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Ex-Honiara the code share service will operate from Honiara to Port Moresby on Saturdays, Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.

The code share also extends to a weekly Honiara-Port Vila-Honiara service into Bauerfield International Airport, Port Vila, operating ex-Honiara on Tuesdays and returning to Honiara on Wednesdays.

Meanwhile, Solomon Islands visitation has continued on in positive mode with figures recorded for April 2016 showing a 2.8 per cent increase.

Official Solomon Islands government statistics released this week show a total of 1799 international visitors arrived across the month compared to the 1750 recorded for the same period in 2015.


Australian numbers again dominated, the 763 figure recorded representing a 1.1 per cent increase on 2015 and claiming 43.5 per cent of all visitation.

Asian numbers showed the strongest growth, the 278 figure recorded for the month indicating a 30.5 per cent increase over the 213 figure recorded in April 2015.