The Northern Pacific tourism market is expected to draw more visitors with new air services through Majuro, Pohnpei and Kosrae.
From PACNEWS
Nauru Airlines CFO Wendy Bowden announced in Melbourne that the carrier had started flights through the central Pacific republic to northern destinations.
Operating once a week, Nauru Airlines will fly from its central Pacific base to Tarawa, Majuro, Kosrae and terminate in Pohnpei for an overnight stopover before returning the next day.
Bowden said the service should open up opportunities in the region.
“We expect to carry quite a few business people and there is a lot of travel between the northern Pacific islands,” she said.
"This service also makes it possible for people to attend meetings on time in other countries."
Nauru Airlines' new service will allow passengers and freight through Fiji to Kiribati and then on to the Marshall Islands and the Federated States of Micronesia
Until recently, travel to the Northern Pacific was possible through Hawaii, Japan or New Zealand.
The situation was forced after Air Marshall Islands stopped its weekly service through Nadi in the late 1990s.
Continental airlines attempted a service through Fiji but this was short-lived.