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Old Jun 2, 2019, 5:22 pm
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FleyeSkyHigh
 
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For anyone that is flying Air Tahiti Nui soon, there have been some cancellations and last minute equipment swaps lately due to one of their remaining three Airbus A340-313 (Reg: F-OSEA) being out of service. That leaves them with just four planes to operate all of their routes. Mostly has affected the PPT-NRT and PPT-AKL flights. But the NRT route has the potential for the largest impact since they only operate to/from Narita once a week. I was affected last week and was re-booked on AA NRT-LAX and then TN LAX-PPT. Others were sent to via Sydney and Auckland (on JL and NZ).

Not sure what the problem is or if the out of service 343 will come back or they will operate without a spare bird until their next 789 delivery which is eminent (F-OVAA is already in test flights by Boeing). In addition, I am told that new 789 may remain as a spare at PPT for a while due to their shortage of Dreamliner pilots.
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