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Dear Friends, we want to travel to Wallis and Futuna in April 2013. The flight to Wallis is by Aircalin - no problem there. But how do we get to Futuna island - where can we book the flight? Regards Christoph
According to Lonely Planet Aircalin flies between the islands twice a day, five days a week - but on the booking website no such flight can be found. However, the network map shows the connection: wl.aircalin.com/reseau-airca... On this website: ieom.fr/wallis-et-futuna/pre... they also write about this five days a week air service, and that it happens on a DHC Twin Otter with 19 seats (others write of 16 seats - but at least the air connection seems to exist...). On this website: snes-fsu-wf.fr/pdf/Livret_SN... they write that flights are cancelled when the wind speed is above 30 km/h - and this can happen several days in a row and several times per year. There is no regular boat transport between the islands but obviously every long-distance cargo ship that services Wallis also services Futuna. So you would need to contact the sea transport companies: Compagnie Moana navigation (CMN) Pacific Direct Line (PDL, from Auckland/New Zealand) SOFRANA (every 25 days...) The first two companies obviously collaborate and service the islands every 20 days. There are 33 movements per year, meaning you need a lot of time and luck to get to Futuna. The most practical approach would be to contact Aircalin and/or the official tourist information in Noumea: http://www.office-tourisme.nc/ Email: centre.ville@office-tourisme.nc There is no tourist office on the islands - but there is an office in Paris where you can ask questions: OFFICE DE TOURISME Délégation du Territoire 27 rue Oudinot 75358 Paris tel.: 01 53 69 22 74 fax : 01 53 69 27 00 Email: delegation.wallis-et-futuna@wanadoo.fr Such difficult connections exist in many isolated areas of (French) Polynesia. For example, in the Marquesas the only way to get to some of the islands is by a combined cargo/cruise ship (Aranui). When I travelled on the Aranui we took a few individual travellers aboard from time to time - which was particularly easy for daytime transfers. On night transfers such passengers would just sleep in the lounge if no cabins are available. I just wonder how long you would have to wait to get back from Futuna to Wallis on a cargo ship... ;-))) Still I am relatively optimistic that the air connection still exists.
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As Aircalin still lists an address on Futuna they should still be there: sbtravel@mail.wf On this contact page: wl.aircalin.com/contact-airc...
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