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Encyclopedia > Pacific Blue (airline)
Pacific Blue
IATA
DJ		 ICAO
PBI		 Callsign
Bluebird
Founded 2001
Frequent flyer program Velocity Rewards
Member lounge The Lounge
Fleet size 4 B737-800
Destinations 9
Parent company Virgin Blue
Headquarters Christchurch
Key people John Bartlett, CEO
Website: www.flypacificblue.com
For other uses, see Pacific Blue (disambiguation).

Pacific Blue is a wholly owned subsidiary of Virgin Blue airlines that operates as low-cost carrier in the South Pacific, predominantly on trans-Tasman routes. The airline began servicing travel between New Zealand and mainland Australia in 2003 in an effort by Virgin Blue to establish itself as the low-cost competitor of the region. Image File history File links PacificBlue1. ... IATA airline designators, sometimes called IATA reservation codes, are two-character codes assigned by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) to the worlds airlines in accordance with the provisions of Resolution 762. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with ICAO airline code. ... Most airlines employ a distinctive and internationally recognised call sign that is normally spoken during airband radio transmissions as a prefix to the flight number. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... A frequent flyer program is a service offered by many airlines to reward customer loyalty. ... An airport lounge is a lounge owned by a particular airline (or jointly operated by several carriers). ... Virgin Blue is an Australian low-cost airline. ... Christchurch is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand and the third largest city in the country. ... There are several men named John Bartlett, among them: John Bartlett, 1855-1905, who began Bartletts Familiar Quotations. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2304x1728, 1908 KB) Summary A Pacific Blue Boeing 737-800 at Auckland International Airport, photographed by DONeil. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2304x1728, 1908 KB) Summary A Pacific Blue Boeing 737-800 at Auckland International Airport, photographed by DONeil. ... The Boeing 737 is the worlds most popular medium-range, narrowbody commercial passenger jet aircraft. ... Auckland International Airport (IATA: AKL, ICAO: NZAA) is the largest and busiest international airport in New Zealand serving over 12 million passengers a year. ... Pacific Blue can have these meanings: A TV series aired in the United States from 2 March 1996 to 9 April 2000. ... Virgin Blue is an Australian low-cost airline. ... View of the Pacific Ocean from Oregon. ... fuck you Map of the Tasman Sea Satellite photo of the Tasman Sea The Tasman Sea is the large body of water between Australia and New Zealand, some 2000 kilometres (1250 miles) across. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Contents

Services

Further information: List of Pacific Blue destinations

Virgin Blue is an Australian airline based at Brisbane Airport, Brisbane in Queensland, Australia. ...

Fleet

As of August 2006 the Pacific Blue fleet includes [1] : 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The Boeing 737 is the worlds most popular medium-range, narrowbody commercial passenger jet aircraft. ...

See also

// Virgin Refreshed Corporate logo of the Virgin Group introduced 2006 Usage of these images is restricted. ... Virgin Blue is an Australian low-cost airline. ... Virgin Atlantic Airways usually referred to as Virgin Atlantic, is one of the airlines of Richard Bransons Virgin Group, operating long-haul routes between London and North America, the Caribbean, Africa, the Middle East, Asia and Australia. ... Polynesian Blue (IATA airline designator DJ the same as Virgin Blue or Pacific Blue) is a new airline, based at Apia (Samoa), of the Virgin Group (49% is owned by Samoan government). ...

External links

References

  1. ^ Flight International, 3-9 October 2006



Flight International is a magazine relating to airlines, general aviation, and aerospace manufacture. ...

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Virgin Blue today announced that its sister airline, Pacific Blue (Australia), would be preparing an application to fly to Rarotonga in the Cook Islands.
Pacific Blue hopes to offer Australian travellers an affordable and convenient service to the Cook Islands, one of the leading tourism destinations of the South Pacific.
Pacific Blue is the sister airline of Australian based Virgin Blue Airlines Pty Ltd, winner of the 2004 OAG airline of the year award.
Solomon Airlines (1388 words)
The airline is an important regional airline in the Southwest Pacific (Melanesia), connecting Solomon Islands with Australia, Fiji, Vanuatu and Papua New Guinea.
The airline derived its name from the birds of the megapodiidae family, large footed birds, some of which hatch their eggs by laying them in deep warm sand in some parts of the Solomons.
Air Pacific’s Boeing 737 was leased to operate the flights and the Solomon Airlines logo was carried on the side of the aircraft.
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