Air Tahiti Nui

Lionel Guérin has previously held senior leadership positions at several airlines including Air France, Air Moana, Airlinair, Transavia France and Hop.

The hard touchdown that concluded the unstabilized approach of an Air Tahiti-operated ATR 72 was partly due to insufficient weather information at destination.

Speaking at the Paris Air Show on Wednesday, Air Tahiti CEO Edouard Wong Fat said there was “something missing” in the airline’s product offering.

Air Tahiti Nui has announced that one of its former senior executives, Philippe Marie, will return to the carrier to take over as its new CEO.

Air Tahiti Nui is open to new partnerships to increase its connectivity, the carrier’s general manager for France and Europe Jean-Marc Hastings said.

The Papeete-based airline signed an order for four ATR 72-600s along with an eight-year maintenance agreement.

Air Tahiti exemplifies the market ATR has been pursuing against otherwise slow demand in the 50-70-seat class of turboprops.

Air Tahiti Nui, which operates a small fleet of four Boeing 787-9 widebodies, is carefully studying the possibilities of new long-range narrowbodies.

The carrier is also establishing a partnership with Alaska Airlines.

Routes details the latest new route announcements, as well as the services returning to carriers’ networks.

French Bee’s third route to the US will launch in April.

Every month The HUB provides an update on the current schedules of three latest aircraft programmes, highlighting the routes the types are being