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Coral Sun Airways

Airline of Kiribati

Coral Sun Airways is the younger of two Kiribati airlines (after flag carrier Air Kiribati), established in January 2009. The airline operated domestic service to all 17 airports in the Gilbert Islands, but stopped any regular service and offers only on-demand and chartered flights. In 2015 it purchased one new, larger aircraft, capable of flying to the Phoenix Islands and Line Islands.2 It is headquartered in Tarawa.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

2009Founded1

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Photo: Quan Nguyen, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons4

Coral Sun Airways is the younger of two Kiribati airlines (after flag carrier Air Kiribati), established in January 2009. The airline operated domestic service to all 17 airports in the Gilbert Islands, but stopped any regular service and offers only on-demand and chartered flights. In 2015 it purchased one new, larger aircraft, capable of flying to the Phoenix Islands and Line Islands. There was no domestic nor international service to these remote archipelagos to the east of the Gilbert Islands, having 8,800 and 20 inhabitants, respectively, except for one weekly flight on Fiji Airways between Honolulu and Kiritimati (Christmas) Island among the Line Islands, and Air Kiribati domestic flights between the Line Islands.2

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Domestic Destinations

No regular service since 2018:

Gilbert Islands

Abaiang – Abaiang Airport

Abemama – Abemama Airport

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Aranuka – Aranuka Airport

Arorae – Arorae Airport

Beru – Beru Airport

Butaritari – Butaritari Airport

Kuria – Kuria Airport

Maiana – Maiana Airport

Makin – Makin Airport

Marakei – Marakei Airport

Nikunau – Nikunau Airport

Nonouti – Nonouti Airport

Onotoa – Onotoa Airport

Tabiteuea North – Tabiteuea North Airport

Tabiteuea South – Tabiteuea South Airport

Tamana – Tamana Airport

Tarawa – Bonriki International Airport Hub

Phoenix Islands and Line Islands

Kanton Island – Canton Island Airport

Kiritimati (aka Christmas Island) – Cassidy International Airport

International Destinations

Solomon Islands

Honiara – Honiara International Airport

Marshall Islands

Majuro – Majuro International Airport

Fiji Islands

Suva – Nausori Airport

Nadi – Nadi International Airport

Australia

Cairns – Cairns International Airport

Fleet

As of 2015 Coral Sun Airways owns the following fleet of aircraft:

1 Beechcraft King Air 200

1 Piper Aztec F Model

3 IAI Westwind

From Wikipedia’s article on Coral Sun Airways, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

Timeline

  1. 2009Founded Founded1

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