PACIFIC AIR ROUTES Carriers for Deployment from Fiji 14 February 2020

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AIR TRAVEL IN THE PACIFIC To/From Manila, To/From Tokyo, !( Honolulu 4h Philippines Japan 8h UNITED STATES Legend OF AMERICA The Pacific is a vast area, home to NORTHERN MARIANA 4h Saipan ISLANDS (U.S.) !\ Country Capital numerous island-states scattered 1h !( Territory Capital over thousands of kilometres. The !( GUAM (U.S.) MARSHALL ISLANDS Access only by boat region, from Papua New Guinea to Agana Pitcairn Island, crosses five time 2h Approx flight time to Palikir via Chuuk, Weno zones and spans over 8,000 PALAU 3h to Majuro via Palikir Majuro Flight Frequency kilometers. Because of the large Koror \ MICRONESIA \ (FEDERATED STATES OF) \ Palikir 2h 1 day/week distances between the various 1h 6h30 >1 day/week islands in this region, air travel is 3h To/From Kuala an important form of Lumpur, Indonesia \ 7 days/week 11h 1h Tarawa (via Singapore) transportation. Yaren \ K I R I B A T I Country Naming Convention 10h NAURU UN MEMBER STATE As a major travel hub, Fiji plays an 3h Territory or Associated State To/From important role for deployment of Singapore PAPUA NEW GUINEA 3h TUVALU resources to respond to disasters around the region. However, due to Honiara \ Funafuti TOKELAU (N.Z.) \ 2h the geographic nature of the Port Moresby \ WALLIS & !( FUTUNA (FRA) SAMOA region and international flight SOLOMON ISLANDS 3h Matu Utu Apia route patterns, reaching Pacific 2h FIJI !( \ 2h Pago Pago VANUATU !( islands is difficult even within the AMERICAN 5h COOK Port Vila 2h SAMOA (U.S.) Papeete region. Few direct flights connect 9h30 Nadi ISLAND 3h \ 2h !( 4h !( \ Alofi (N.Z.) 4h the islands, necessitating multi-leg Suva 3h !( Rarotonga FRENCH 1h NIUE 3h journeys that may require !( POLYNESIA 4h 2h \ !( Nuku’alofa (N.Z.) (FRA.) PITCAIRN extensive stopovers, prticularly via Noumea TONGA !( (U.K.) 4h Mangareva Autsralia and New Zealand. AUSTRALIA NEW CALEDONIA (FRA.) !( Two territories, Tokelau and Brisbane !( 3h Adamstown Kingston Pitcairn, have no runaways and are To/From !( 4h Tokyo, Japan NORFOLK ISLAND 3h 3h reachable only by boat. 3h (AUS.) Disclaimers: 5h The boundaries and names shown and the ! 5h 1h Canberra designations used on this map do not imply official \ Sydney endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations. !( Auckland NEW ZEALAND \ Wellington United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Regional Office for Asia Pacific (ROAP): http://ochaonline.un.org. 0 500 1,000 Sources: UN Cartographic Section, Lonely Planet,

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