Air Marshall Islands Saab 2000 at Funafuti International Airport

Air Marshall Islands is an airline based in

Majuro Majuro (; Marshallese: ' ) is the capital and largest city of the Marshall Islands. It is also a large coral atoll of 64 islands in the Pacific Ocean. It forms a legislative district of the Ratak (Sunrise) Chain of the Marshall Islands. The ato ...

Marshall Islands The Marshall Islands ( mh, Ṃajeḷ), officially the Republic of the Marshall Islands ( mh, Aolepān Aorōkin Ṃajeḷ),'' () is an independent island country and microstate near the Equator in the Pacific Ocean, slightly west of the Internati ...

. It is the

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of the Marshall Islands, operating inter-island services in the Central Pacific. Its main base is

Marshall Islands International Airport Marshall Islands International Airport , also known as Amata Kabua International Airport, is located in the western part of Rairok on the south side of Majuro Atoll, the capital of the Republic of the Marshall Islands. The airport was built du ...

, Majuro.

History

The airline was established in 1980 as Airline of the Marshall Islands; the current title was adopted in 1989. The airline is wholly owned by the

Government of the Marshall Islands The government of the Marshall Islands operates under a mixed parliamentary-presidential system as set forth in its Constitution. Elections are held every four years in universal suffrage (for all citizens above the age of 18), with each of the 24 ...

. In January 2009, all flights were suspended while the airline's only plane, a 34-seat

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, suffered wing damage after colliding with a

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antenna tower while being towed. Replacement parts were ordered, but flights were further delayed when the replacement part that arrived in February was for the wrong wing.

Services

The airline's main base is at

; the company operates flights to

Bikini Atoll Bikini Atoll ( or ; Marshallese: , , meaning "coconut place"), sometimes known as Eschscholtz Atoll between the 1800s and 1946 is a coral reef in the Marshall Islands consisting of 23 islands surrounding a central lagoon. After the Seco ...

, Enewetak Atoll, Kwajalein Atoll,

Rongelap Atoll Rongelap Atoll ( Marshallese: , ) is a coral atoll of 61 islands (or motus) in the Pacific Ocean, and forms a legislative district of the Ralik Chain of the Marshall Islands. Its total land area is . It encloses a lagoon with an area of . ...

and

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and Woja on

Ailinglaplap Atoll Ailinglaplap or Ailinglapalap ( Marshallese: , ) is a coral atoll of 56 islands in the Pacific Ocean, and forms a legislative district of the Ralik Chain in the Marshall Islands. It is located northwest of Jaluit Atoll. Its total land area is on ...

. The flight schedule has most flights operating on a weekly basis. Air Marshall Islands has offices providing reservations and flight information services at Majuro,

Ebeye Ebeye ( ; Marshallese: , or in older orthography, ; locally, , , after the English pronunciation) is the most populous island of Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands, as well as the center for Marshallese culture in the Ralik Chain of the arc ...

and Kwajalein.

Fleet

Current fleet

The Air Marshall Islands fleet consists of the following turboprop aircraft ():

Former fleet

The airline's fleet previously included the following aircraft (as of December 2015): *1

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(1991-1996. Operated by

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1991–1992. Operated by

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1992–1996.) *1

Saab 2000 The Saab 2000 is a twin-engined high-speed turboprop airliner built by Swedish aircraft manufacturer Saab. It is designed to carry 50–58 passengers and cruise at a speed of . Production took place in Linköping in southern Sweden. The Saab ...

(1995-1998) *1 BAe 748 (1982-1996) Historically, according to the

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(OAG), Air Marshall Islands was operating a Douglas DC-8-62CF " Combi" jetliner as well as a

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turboprop aircraft supplied in 1982. The DC-8 Combi was operated in a mixed passenger/freight configuration and provided service linking Honolulu (HNL) with Kwajalein (KWA) and Majuro (MAJ) in competition with

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which was operating flights on the same routes with

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aircraft at the time. Air Marshall Islands also operated a Saab 2000 high speed turboprop during the 1990s. In addition,

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capable turboprop aircraft were previously operated as well.

References

External links

Official website
{{Authority control Airlines of the Marshall Islands Airlines established in 1980 1980 establishments in the Marshall Islands