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Vanair
''Not to be confused with the Czech airline Van Air Europe'' Vanair was a domestic airline based in Vanuatu. The airline flew to 29 destinations on 18 of Vanuatu's 83 islands, and was wholly owned by the Vanuatu government. == History ==
The airline commenced operations as Air Melanesiæ in 1965 as a joint venture between two existing airlines, the British-owned New Hebrides Airways (founded in 1963) and French-owned Société Néo-Hébridaise de Transports Aériens, known as Hebridair (founded 1964).〔(Pierre Bourgeois biographical information ) retrieved 18 November 2009〕 New Hebrides Airways contributed a de Havilland Australia DHA-3 Drover to the operation,〔("World Airline Survey", ''Flight International'' 13 April 1967, p556 (online archive version) ), retrieved 18 November 2009〕 while Hebridair provided a Dornier Do 28, however the Do 28 crashed in 1966.〔("World Airline Survey", ''Flight International'' 13 April 1967, p591 (online archive version) ), retrieved 18 November 2009〕 By the beginning of the 1970s the airline was controlled by Qantas and British Overseas Airways Corporation via their shareholdings in New Hebrides Airways, and by Union des Transports Aériens which had taken over Hebridair and renamed it Société Francais Air Hebride.〔("World Airlines", ''Flight International'' 6 May 1971, p615 (online archive version) ), retrieved 18 November 2009〕 In November 1989 the airline was renamed Vanair.〔("Directory: World Airlines", ''Flight International'' 30 March - 5 April 2004, p90 (online archive version) ), retrieved 18 November 2009〕 In 2004, it merged with Vanuatu's government-owned flag carrier, Air Vanuatu.〔(Vanair - X4 - Port Vila - Vanuatu - Mr Mark Roberts, Acting Chief Executive & General Manager - ATI, Air Transport Intelligence - ATI – Air Transport Intelligence from Reed Business Information, UK )〕〔(Vanuatu A-Z Visitors Guide - vanuatu,vanair,vat,value added tax,vats,vanuatu amateur theatrical society,videos,vila chaumieres,visas,volcanoes, volcano post office )〕
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