Destinations
Our Airline serves the following destinations (update: October 2012):
| City | Country | IATA | ICAO | Airport |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brisbane | Australia | BNE | YBBN | Brisbane Airport |
| Majuro | Marshall Islands | MAJ | PKMJ | Marshall Islands International Airport Begins December 10, 2012 |
| Nadi | Fiji | NAN | NFFN | Nadi International Airport |
| Nauru | Nauru | INU | ANYN | Nauru International Airport |
| Tarawa | Kiribati | TRW | NGTA | Bonriki International Airport |
| Base |
Air Nauru once had a remarkably comprehensive network in the Asia-Pacific, with service to Hong Kong, Kagoshima, Taipei, Okinawa, Singapore, Guam, Saipan, Koror, Chuuk, Pohnpei, Kosrae, Majuro, Tarawa, Honolulu, Honiara, Port Vila, Noumea, Apia, Pago Pago, Nadi, Tonga, Kanton Island, Niue, Raratonga, Auckland, Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, and Christmas Island. The average load factor throughout the network was around 20%, with many flights carrying no or few passengers. The Nauru government subsidized the airline with profits from phosphate mining. As the phosphate began to run out in the early 1990s, the airline began to stop service to unprofitable destinations.
Since relaunching services in 2006, the airline has repeatedly adjusted its route map. When the airline initially resumed services in 2006, it offered a twice-weekly service from Brisbane to Honiara, Nauru, Tarawa, and Majuro. These were quickly curtailed, with flights to Majuro eliminated. The Tarawa extension was suspended from July 2008 to November 2009 because, along with the high fuel prices, operating the Tarawa flight was not profitable without a connecting destination. The Tarawa extension was suspended again in 2011 because of disputes, but it was resumed in early 2012. Meanwhile, Honiara service was suspended around the same time.
Although it had been reported in early 2007 that Our Airline would begin services between Nauru and Fiji in the very near future, the airline instead provided once weekly Tarawa to Nadi service on behalf of Air Kiribati beginning in November 2009. However, the service between Nauru and Fiji which began in 2010 ceased in December 2011 due to the dispute between Kiribati and Fiji. This was replaced with a bi-weekly service that operated from Nauru to Nadi nonstop.
In 2012, the airline announced the resumption of service to Majuro. Today services are provided from Nauru to Brisbane, Nadi, Majuro, and Tarawa. These destinations are serviced by a twice-weekly flight from Brisbane to Nauru, with a weekly extension to Tarawa and Majuro and a bi-weekly extension to Nadi.
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