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AirlinefromFrenchPolynesiaAirTahitiisaFrenchairlinecompanywhichoperatesinFrenchPolynesia,France.ItsmainhubisFaaaInternationalAirport.Companyhistory[edit]EarlySeaplaneOperations[edit]Farawayfromcontinents,Polynesiawaslateindevelopingairroutes.ItwasonlyduringtheSecondWorldWarthataviationtookoffinearnestwiththeconstructionofthefirstrunwayin1943,inBoraBora,byU.S.forces.IntheaftermathoftheattackonPearlHarbor,theAmericansintendedtoprotectandsupplyroutesbetweentheU.S.coastandthesouthwestPacific.Reg...
Airline from French Polynesia
Air Tahiti is a French airline company which operates in French Polynesia, France. Its main hub is Faaa International Airport.
Company history[edit] Early Seaplane Operations[edit]Far away from continents, Polynesia was late in developing air routes. It was only during the Second World War that aviation took off in earnest with the construction of the first runway in 1943, in Bora Bora, by U.S. forces. In the aftermath of the attack on Pearl Harbor, the Americans intended to protect and supply routes between the U.S. coast and the southwest Pacific.
Regular commercial air service between the islands started in 1950 at the initiative of a handful of entrepreneurs who created the company Air Tahiti. The flights were operated by a 7-seater seaplane, a Grumman Widgeon J-4F. With such low capacity, the need for a second aircraft was quickly apparent.
In 1951, the French Ministry for the Overseas purchased on behalf of the Ter...