Solomon Airlines to commence new Sydney-Honiara service from June

03 Feb 2015 2036 | Business & Trade Fairs

Offering major potential for the Solomon Islands business, leisure and VFR markets, Solomon Airlines announced that it will commence operation of a direct Sydney-Honiara service from 02 June, 2015, subject to government approval.

The airline will operate ex-Honiara on Mondays and ex-Sydney on Tuesdays.

Solomon Airlines will utilise its Airbus A320 on the new route which has been specifically timed to offer seamless flight linkage between several Australian cities and also international connections.

These include Canberra, Melbourne and Perth and internationally, for passengers connecting to and from New Zealand, the US, Asia, the Middle East, the UK and Europe.

The new flight schedule will operate as follows:

Monday - Flight IE 710 Honiara-Sydney
Departing Honiara 1515
Arriving Sydney 1830
Tuesday – Flight IE 711 Sydney-Honiara
Departing Sydney 0930
Arriving Honiara 1445
Solomon Airlines existing Brisbane-Honiara services will operate as follows from 01 June:

Honiara-Brisbane (Flight IE 700)
Tuesday Dep 1600 Arr 1815
Thursday Dep 1200 Arr 1415
Friday Dep 1415 Arr 1630
Sunday Dep 1330 Arr 1545
Brisbane – Honiara (Flight 701)
Monday Dep 1000 Arr 1415
Wednesday Dep 1000 Arr 1415
Friday Dep 0900 Arr 1315
Saturday Dep 0800 Arr 1215