Summary
- Air Tahiti Nui is selling a year-long multi-flight pass called the Tiare Pass, priced at $1,525, which allows travelers to fly roundtrip from Los Angeles or Seattle to 4 destinations.
- The pass can only be purchased by calling the airline’s reservation team in the course of the sale period on November 25 and 26, with only 250 passes available.
- The pass is valid for travel between December 1, 2023, and December 1, 2024, and includes one checked bag per flight, onboard meals, and taxes and costs. Passholders can book 4 roundtrip flights to every destination, but there’s a fee of $150 to alter tickets and upgrades can be found for purchase on the airport check-in counter.
The flag carrier of French Polynesia, Air Tahiti Nui, has announced that it’s selling a year-long multi-flight pass. In line with the airline, for a yr, travelers can fly roundtrip from Los Angeles or Seattle to 4 destinations, including Tahiti, Paris, Auckland, and Tokyo.
Tiare Pass
In celebration of 25 years of operations, Air Tahiti Nui developed the Tiare Pass, which is able to go on sale on Saturday, November 25, and Sunday, November 26, between 09:00 and 21:30 PST every day. Each pass is $1,525, however the airline only offers 250 passes on the market. That being said, the pass can only be purchased by calling the airline’s reservation team directly in the course of the sale period on the twenty fifth and twenty sixth through a phone number available on the Air Tahiti Nui website once the sale is live. It includes roundtrip tickets from america (LAX and SEA) to every destination the airline serves (Tahiti, Paris, Auckland, Tokyo) in economy class, which might be used over a yr.
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The pass will likely be valid for travel between December 1, 2023, and December 1, 2024. All year long, pass holders can book 4 roundtrip flights to every airline’s 4 destinations from its two gateway cities in america, Seattle and Los Angeles. That said, the airline only operates flights to Tokyo seasonally, so the flight isn’t running currently. It is about to launch on May 8 and can operate until October 26, 2024. Also included within the $1,525 fare is one checked bag per flight, onboard meal service, and taxes and costs. In line with the carrier, the Tiare Pass ticket voucher will likely be emailed to holders on December 1, 2023.
Albeit pass holders should not have to book all flights concurrently, booking the person roundtrip flights as soon as possible is beneficial to avoid being sold out. After booking flights, holders may have to pay a fee of $150 per ticket to alter the tickets. Passholders can only book flights by calling the airline’s reservation team. Although all Tiare Pass flights are for economy class seats, passengers can buy an upgrade on the airport check-in counter. Furthermore, the pass is barely valued for Air Tahiti Nui flights and may not be used on codeshare partner airlines.
Further expansion
As Air Tahiti Nui continues to thrive in a post-pandemic world, the airline is trying to expand its small but robust fleet further. The airline operates a fleet of 4 Boeing 787-9s, and now the airline is trying to add a fifth. Its current fleet of 4 Dreamliners is being utilized at its operational limits because it ramps up service.
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The airline has continued to surpass pre-pandemic levels, with increased demand in tourism and VFR (visiting family and relatives) travel, with most of those passengers coming from america and Europe. While the airline is demanding around 50% of the market share in its hub at Papeete Faa’a International Airport (PPT), it has seen a rise in competition with other international airlines operating in Tahiti.
It now competes face to face with Air Recent Zealand on its service to Auckland, Air France and French Bee to Paris, and Delta (seasonally), United, and Air France to Los Angeles. Furthermore, in 2021, United relaunched flights between Papeete and San Francisco, which operate five times every week.
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