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Airline based in Rarotonga, Cook Islands
Air Rarotonga is an airline based in Rarotonga, Cook Islands. It is the flag carrier of the country, known by its slogan 'the Airline of the Cook Islands'. It operates inter-island and regional scheduled services throughout the Cook Islands and to Tahiti.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
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Air Rarotonga is an airline based in Rarotonga, Cook Islands. It is the flag carrier of the country, known by its slogan 'the Airline of the Cook Islands'. It operates inter-island and regional scheduled services throughout the Cook Islands and to Tahiti. It also operates chartered flights to French Polynesia, Niue, Samoa, Kiribati and Tonga. Its headquarters and hub is at Rarotonga International Airport.2
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 120,000 passengers travel between its island destinations each year.
From Wikipedia’s article on Air Rarotonga, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3
The following is a list of destinations Air Rarotonga flies to as part of its scheduled services, as of October 2018.
Since August 2022, Air Rarotonga operates international flights to Tahiti using their own aircraft as well as code shared flights operated by Air Tahiti. Air Rarotonga also code shares with Air New Zealand for flights between Rarotonga and Aitutaki, with Air Rarotonga being the operator. The Airline also maintains Interline Agreements with Air Tahiti Nui, Alaska Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines.
The airline offers scenic flights over Rarotonga and air charter services to neighbouring Pacific Island countries including Tahiti, Niue, Tonga, Samoa, Fiji and Kiribati. The airline operates air ambulance evacuations from all island airports in the Cook Islands and on to Auckland when required.
As of May 2026, the Air Rarotonga fleet includes the following aircraft.
The airline added its first jet, the Cessna Citation II, to their fleet in February 2017.
From Wikipedia’s article on Air Rarotonga, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3
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