Lonely Planet™ · Thorn Tree Forum · 2020

Chathams pacific bookings

Country forums / Pacific Islands & Papua New Guinea / Tonga

Anyone got any ideas on how I can book a RTN Tongatapu – Vava’u ticket.

Can't book online.
Nobody picks up on the phone number listed on their website (+676 28 133)
I've emailed 'Reservations@ChathamsPacific.com'

Nothing .....

What more can I do?

Try the following link, and contact either Rising Sun or Pacific Travel Marketing to arrange your domestic tickets.

Tonga's domestic tour operators

Cheers,

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Air New Zealand in Nuku'Alofa will be able to help you.

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its one of those situations i'd actually reccomend going to a travel agent before you leave home - flight centre etc.

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Try the email address again, and let them know it's urgent.

I got my domestic flights (Nuku'Alofa -> Ha'apai -> Vava'u -> Nuku'Alofa) booked in a day after not hearing anything for a few days beforehand. Use the website for working out what flights you want, and just email them the flight details, cost breakdown and passenger name(s). Once I did that, they were very efficient. Paid for via credit card and booked within about 5 hours, through multiple emails.

I'm impressed with their service so far, although we haven't actually flown anywhere yet. :)

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Chathams Pacific has been operating only six months, and their website is about to be activated for online bookings very soon. The website is chathamspacific.com
The reservations number is (676) 23192 or (676) 28000
The sales email is sales1@chathamspacific.com

The airline is run by a New Zealand Airline, Air Chathams. There are NZ Managers, NZ Pilots and NZ aircraft, the company is very well run and provide an excellent service.

Please be aware, the local domestic operation, Airlines of Tonga, is not currently operating. There are many people still booking with travel agents in NZ & Aussie then arriving in Tonga to find out they have lost their money and have to buy new tickets on Chathams Pacific.

They operate regular schedules from Tongatapu to Hai'pai, Vavau, and Eua. Starting soon will be flights to the Nuias.

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Mention that you want to know if "George" is still flying for them in Tonga. Might get you some preference when they decide to answer e-mails.

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No sorry, George doesn't fly for Air Chathams any more....... But I'm sure they will reply just as soon as they can!!!!!

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Hi Can anyone tell me how much it costs to fly Nuku'Alofa -> Ha'apai -> Vava'u -> Nuku'Alofa?

Thanks

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Chathams Pacific are Tonga's domestic airline and they offer Kingdom Passes on their website which offer a discounted rate for travel to more than one island group. Hopefully you'll get the chance to fly on the DC-3 between Tongatapu and Ha'apai which has been restored recently.

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link here: http://www.chathamspacific.com/kingdom-pass.html

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