New Caledonia airport to resume some commercial flights

Noumea: Commercial flights to and from the main airport in New Caledonia will resume from Wednesday, an airline and the operator said, after weeks of...

Noumea: Commercial flights to and from the main airport in New Caledonia will resume from Wednesday, an airline and the operator said, after weeks of stoppage following deadly rioting in the French Pacific territory.

"From tomorrow, Wednesday June 5, Aircalin will progressively resume a part of its long- and medium-haul commercial flights" from the Tontouta International Airport outside the capital Noumea, the local airline said on Tuesday.

The New Caledonia Chamber of Commerce and Industry, which manages the airport, confirmed the information.

Aircalin said that it would be running "a reduced flight schedule until the situation returned to normal".

It said a small plane would ferry passengers between Tontouta and the Magenta landing strip in Noumea, as there were still barricades along the road linking the two.