Thursday, June 10, 2010

Tahiti Airport Closed Due to General Strike

Air Tahiti Nui plane

From the Air Tahiti Nui USA web site:

UPDATE:

June 11, 201011:45AM
Dear Sir/Madam

Air Tahiti Nui regrets to announce that there will not be a flight today from Los Angeles to Tahiti. We are not able to provide an update as to when the next flight will depart.
The reason for this is that the civic servant workers at the airport in Tahiti remain on strike and we have no indication from them as to when they will return to work. Accordingly, we cannot advise of when our next flight may depart.

For passengers originating from Los Angeles to Paris, this aircraft is stranded on the ground in Tahiti. Accordingly, until the strike is lifted, we are not able to advise our next flight to CDG. Please do not proceed to the airport counter.We apologize for this situation, which is as frustrating for us as it is to you.

As Tahiti is 3 hours behind the Los Angeles time zone, there is a remote possibility that the strike could be settled in the afternoon in Tahiti, which would be early evening tonight in Los Angeles. Accordingly, we ask that you continue to monitor our website or contact our reservations office from 4:00PM onwards. If we are not able to have service departing this evening, we hope the strike will be lifted tomorrow and we hope that we can depart by mid day tomorrow.

Again, we apologize for this inconvenience and thank you for your understanding.

Also follow the Tahiti Explorer forum thread regarding the strike.

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