Air France to resume Tahiti service in July

2:47 pm on 9 June 2020

Air France has announced that it will resume flights to French Polynesia on 8 July after a three-month interruption because of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The carrier plans to fly twice a week and use Guadeloupe as a stop-over point between Paris and Papeete.

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Travellers must have insurance and produce a negative Covid-19 test certificate three days before departure.

Passengers arriving in Tahiti after 15 July will no longer need to go into quarantine.

Depending on restrictions in the US, Air France may switch its stop-over from Guadeloupe to Los Angeles.

Air Tahiti Nui will also resume its flights to France next month.

Meanwhile, the French overseas minister Annick Girardin announced that from 22 June travel to France's overseas possessions would no longer be subject to justified.

She said depending on the destination, quarantine restrictions could also be eased or lifted.

Ms Girardin also said airlines no longer needed to cap the number of passengers to 200 a flight.

While most of the destinations are poised to ease quarantine requirements, New Caledonia is yet to signal dropping its mandatory three-week quarantine.

New Caledonia's international airline won't restart scheduled operations before August.