Chathams Pacific airline pulling out of Tonga
Wednesday, January 16, 2013 - 20:14
Tonga's sole domestic inter-islands airline, the Chathams Pacific will discontinue its scheduled air services in Tonga on Saturday 3 March 2013, after less than five years operation, due to a loss of business confidence, after the Tonga government moved to procure aircraft from China.
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I am shocked at the news
I am shocked at the news about Chathams Pacific pulling out of Tonga. This is going to be a major step backwards for tourism and the people of Tonga.
I have traveled from Auckland to Vava'u seven times in the last six years and can say that all the other airlines in Tonga before Chathams Pacific were all mediocre at best. All my previous flights on Airlines Tonga and Peau Vava'u for example were all excessively delayed, cancelled, over-sold or over-weight. Communication was non-existent and the staff did not seem to really care.
The last thing Tonga needs now (when tourism is about to take off) is more corruption and a poorly-run airline with the wrong aircraft. -Peter White