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Getting to Tahiti and her Islands

French Polynesia is readily accessible by air from most parts of the world. Qantas, Air New Zealand, Air France, Aircalin, shunt most of the visitors, though Lan Chile provides access from South America (and Easter Island) and Hawaiian Air flies between Honolulu and Tahiti once a week. All international air traffic comes through Faa Airport in Pape'ete. There is no departure tax in French Polynesia.

Faa�a International Airport (PPT) is the strategic gateway to the South Pacific. Built on the lagoon, the airport is about 5 kilometres west of Papeete. Tahiti is an intermediate stop between Australia or New Zealand and the U.S.A. and they are many connecting flights to other Pacific islands with companies like Air Calin.

The main airline company is Air Tahiti Nui, providing service to the USA (Los Angeles), France (Paris), New Zealand, Japan and Australia. Different international airlines fly either in or out of Faaa airport over 26 times per week carrying in excess of 225000 passengers per year.

From Australia :

Air Tahiti Nui is the international airline to Tahiti and Her Islands, operating the latest generation fleet of A340-300 aircrafts. They offer direct flights between Sydney and Papeete with a duration is approximately 7 hours.

From New Zealand :
Air Tahiti Nui also offers flights ex-Sydney, via Auckland to Papeete. Stopovers are available

From America :

Tahiti is an easy 7 1/2 hour direct flight from Los Angeles and just south of the equator, midway between Australia and South America.
It is in the same time zone as Hawaii, but because it is in the Southern Hemisphere, the seasons are reversed.

Air France connects Tahiti from Los Angeles 3 or 4 times a week. Operates a fleet of 747 from Paris to Los Angeles, and then on to Tahiti.

Air New Zealand connects Tahiti from Auckland and Los Angeles. You can fly to New Zealand with a stop in Tahiti.

Air Tahiti Nui flies from Los Angeles daily with Airbus aircrafts. Sometimes 2 daily flights are available. From New York, Air Tahiti Nui flies 5 times a week.

Hawaiian Air flies once a week between Honolulu and Tahiti (5 hour flight).
Lan Chile connects Tahiti from Santiago (6 1/2 hour flight).

From Europe :

The airline companies from France are Air Tahiti Nui and Air France. They both stop at Los Angeles. They assure 5 departures a week for Air France and 6 departures a week for Air Tahiti Nui and the length of the flight is 21h10 from Paris.

From London, Air New Zealand offers 3 departures a week. The length of the flight is 21h50.

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