Air Nauru once had a remarkably comprehensive network in the Asia-Pacific, with services to Hong Kong, Kagoshima, Taipei, Okinawa, Manila, Singapore, Guam, Saipan, Koror, Chuuk, Pohnpei, Honiara, Kosrae, Majuro, Tarawa, Honolulu, Honiara, Port Vila, Nouméa, Apia, Pago Pago, Nadi, Tonga, Kanton Island, Niue, Raratonga, Auckland, Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, and Kiritimati, also known as Christmas Island. The average load factor throughout the network was around 20%, with many flights carrying no or few passengers. The Nauru government subsidised the airline with profits from phosphate mining. Due to the phosphate reserves depleting in the early 1990s, along with the mismanagement of the island's reserves the airline began to cease services to unprofitable destinations.