Vanair

Vanair commenced operations as Air Melanesiæ in 1965 as a joint venture between two existing airlines, the British-owned New Hebrides Airways (founded in 1963) and French-owned Société Néo-Hébridaise de Transports Aériens, known as Hebridair (founded 1964}. On 29Nov1989 the airline was renamed Vanair. In 2004, it merged with Vanuatu’s government-owned flag carrier, Air Vanuatu (Regional and domestic scheduled and charter passenger and cargo airline out of Port Vila Bauerfield (VLI))