Nauru Airlines was established as Air Nauru on 17 September 1969, and started operations on 14 February 1970 with an experimental service between Nauru and Brisbane, using a Dassault Falcon 20 (a medium-size business jet) that was chartered from an Australian company. Regular scheduled services commenced after the delivery in January 1972 of the airline's first Fokker F28 Fellowship twin jet (a second Fellowship was subsequently placed into service as well). A Boeing 737-200C was added to the fleet in 1975 and a Boeing 727-100 entered service on 16 June 1976. Later in the 1970s the two Fellowships were sold and more Boeings were added to the fleet.