Air Tuvalu was a Tuvaluan airline that was meant to launch domestic flights within

Tuvalu Tuvalu ( or ; formerly known as the Ellice Islands) is an island country and microstate in the Polynesian subregion of Oceania in the Pacific Ocean. Its islands are situated about midway between Hawaii and Australia. They lie east-northeast ...

beginning in October 2023. It was the first government owned airline in Tuvalu's history. On May 11, 2023, a 16-seat

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T2-TV8 was delivered from

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. Tuvalu's government announced restoration plans for its aviation infrastructure and once the outer lying island airstrips would be updated, those destinations would become operational. In October operations did not commence and no information was given regarding the delay of the airline's startup. The website also stopped being maintained and was displaying a white screen. At its peak the airline had 25 employees. CAPA, of which Tuvalu is a member country, continues stating on its website that the airline was proposed, therefore not actually meant to launch.

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