Air Tahiti Nui Receives Papeete - Osaka Authority.PAPEETE, French Polynesia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 7, 1999-- Nelson Levy Nelson Levy (born ? - died June 3, 2007 Tahiti), also spelled Nelson Lévy, was a leading figure in French Polynesia tourism and the founding head of Air Tahiti Nui, the national airline of French Polynesia. , Chairman of Air Tahiti Nui Air Tahiti Nui is French Polynesia's flag carrier airline with its headquarters in Papeete, Tahiti. It operates international services for the low and high-end leisure travel markets. Its main base is Faa'a International Airport, Papeete[1]. , announced today that the airline will take up the newly granted right agreed upon Adj. 1. agreed upon - constituted or contracted by stipulation or agreement; "stipulatory obligations" stipulatory noncontroversial, uncontroversial - not likely to arouse controversy between the Republic of France and Japan for the Tahitian airline to operate between Osaka and Papeete, French Polynesia French Polynesia, officially Territory of French Polynesia, internally self-governing overseas country (2002 pop. 245,516) of France, consisting of 118 islands in the South Pacific. The capital is Papeete, on Tahiti. . This new service, operating across the international dateline, will commence operations from Papeete on Tuesday, April 4, 2000, departing at 7:40 a.m. local time and will arrive nonstop at Osaka's Kansai Airport on Wednesday, April 5 at 3:00 p.m. local time. The departure from Osaka will be Wednesday, April 5 at 4:55 p.m. arriving in Papeete at 9:45 a.m. Wednesday morning, local Tahiti time. The service will continue to operate on a once per week basis thereafter, every Tuesday and Wednesday. The new Osaka flight will be in addition to the very successful service presently being operated between Papeete and Tokyo by Air Tahiti Nui. Levy stated that the Osaka service is being inaugurated in response to the very strong demand from Japanese consumers for the destination of Tahiti and her islands. He stated that Air Tahiti Nui has had great success with its once per week service between Papeete and Tokyo and that there was a compelling need to add a second service to Japan. Levy is particularly pleased to be able to offer this new service as a convenience to passengers in the western Japan area served by Kansai Airport. Air Tahiti Nui will operate state of the art A340-200 equipment featuring its renowned "Moana Class" coach service and "Club Poerava" business class. All flights to and from Japan include Japanese cabin attendants in addition to the airline's Tahitian crew. Air Tahiti Nui also operates nonstop service three times per week between Papeete and Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , USA. In Japan the airline is represented by Air France Air France in full Compagnie Internationale Air France French passenger and cargo airline with more than 200 destinations in some 80 countries. It introduced supersonic Concorde service in 1976, but financial loss led the company to cease its Concorde which serves as its General Sales Agent A General Sales Agent (GSA) is a sales representative for an airline in a specific country or region. Typically, the GSA is responsible for selling all products of the airline in its region which includes flight tickets and cargo space. . For additional information please contact Nicholas Panza, Vice President Marketing in the Los Angeles office at 310/662-1850. |
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