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Air Rarotonga

Air Rarotonga
IATA ICAO Callsign
GZ RAR Rarotonga
Founded 1978
Hubs Rarotonga International Airport
Focus cities Aitutaki
Fleet size 5
Company slogan The Airline of the Cook Islands
Headquarters Rarotonga, Cook Islands
Key people Ewan Smith
Website www.airraro.com

Air Rarotonga is an airline based in Rarotonga, Cook Islands and is ‘The Airline of the Cook Islands’. It operates inter-island scheduled services throughout the Cook Islands. It also operates chartered flights to French Polynesia, Niue, Samoa and Tonga. Its main base and hub is Rarotonga International Airport.

The airline was established in February 1978 and started operations in July 1978 with a Cessna 337 aircraft. The company is owned by three private investors. More than 70,000 passengers travel between its island destinations each year.

Following is a list of destinations Air Rarotonga flies to as part of its scheduled services, as of November 2011.

The airline codeshares with Air Tahiti on flights between Rarotonga and Tahiti with Air Tahiti being the operator and with Air New Zealand for flights between Rarotonga and Aitutaki with Air Rarotonga being the operator. The airline also offers scenic flights over Rarotonga and air charter services to neighbouring Pacific Island countries including Tahiti, Niue, Tonga and Samoa. The airline also operates Air Ambulance evacuations from all island airports in the Cook Islands and on to Auckland when required.

As of April 2011 the Air Rarotonga fleet includes the following aircraft:

In February 2016, the airline added its first Jet to their fleet.



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