Air Marshall Islands
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| Founded | 1980 | |||
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| Hubs | Marshall Islands International Airport | |||
| Fleet size | 2 | |||
| Destinations | 28 | |||
| Company slogan | Flying to Blue Horizons | |||
| Parent company | Government of the Marshall Islands | |||
| Headquarters | Majuro | |||
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Air Marshall Islands is an airline based in Majuro, in the Marshall Islands.[1] It is the flag carrier of the Marshall Islands, operating inter-island services in the South Pacific. Its main base is Marshall Islands International Airport, Majuro[2].
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[edit] History
The airline was established in 1980 as Airline of the Marshall Islands and adopted its current title in 1989. It is wholly owned by the Government of the Marshall Islands and has 90 employees (at March 2007)[2].
In January 2009, all Air Marshall flights were suspended while their only plane, a 34 seat Dash-8, suffered damage to its wing after a collision with a FAA tower while it was under tow.[3] Replacement parts were ordered, but flights were further delayed in February when the replacement part that was shipped in was for the wrong wing.[4]
Their other Dash-8 was taken out of service in the month before due to an engine overheating and having to be removed and taken off-island for inspection and rebuild.[citation needed]
Being without inter-island air service for several weeks, the company has leased a 19 seat Dornier 228 from Australia in hopes of resuming flights soon.[citation needed][when?]
[edit] Services
Air Marshall Islands operates services to the following domestic scheduled destinations (at January 2005): Ailuk Atoll, Airok (Maloelap Atoll), Aur Atoll, Bikini Atoll, Ebon Atoll, Enewetak Atoll, Jabat Island, Jaluit Atoll, Jeh Island, Kaben Island, Kili Island, Kwajalein Atoll, Lae Atoll, Likiep Atoll, Majkin, Majuro, Maloelap Atoll, Mejit Island, Mili Atoll, Namdrik Atoll, Rongelap Atoll, Tinak Island, Ujae Atoll, Utirik Atoll, Woja Island, Wotho Atoll and Wotje Atoll.
[edit] Fleet
The Air Marshall Islands fleet includes the following aircraft (at March 2007)[2] :
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- ^ "Contact Information." Air Marshall Islands. (dead link as of 7 Jan 2012). "Headquarters P.O. Box 1319 Majuro, MH 96960."
- ^ a b c Flight International 27 March 2007
- ^ "Air Marshall Islands only plane grounded". Radio New Zealand International. 15 January 2009. http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=44187. Retrieved 19 September 2011.
- ^ http://www.yokwe.net/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2338
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