Pacific Island Air Pacific Island Air Pacific Island Air is an Air Charter company operating out of Nadi International Airport, Fiji. Pacific Island Seaplanes was established in 1999 by Larry 'Dusty' Simon. The air charter company initially operated two de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beavers and a Britten-Norman Islander aircraft. Pacific Island Seaplanes was acquired by the Christchurch, New Zealand based GCH Aviation in 2013. GCH merged their existing Helicopters (Fiji) operation with Pacific Island Seaplanes to form Pacific Island Air (PIA). The airline offers daily services to Mamanuca Island Resorts and most Yasawa Island Resorts utilizing seaplanes and helicopters as well as charter
Vandenberg Air Force Base SpaceX Falcon 9 from Kennedy Space Center. Vandenberg AFB had scheduled passenger airline service during the 1960s operated by Pacific Air Lines and successor Air West which was subsequently renamed Hughes Airwest following the acquisition of Air West by aviation pioneer Howard Hughes. Pacific Air Lines operated Martin 4-0-4 propliner aircraft into the base which were then followed by Fairchild F-27 turboprop service with these F-27 flights being continued by Air West. Round trip routes operated by Pacific and Air West included San Francisco (SFO) - Paso Robles (PRB) - Santa Maria (SMX) - Vandenberg AFB (VBG) - Oxnard (OXR)