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Rarotonga by plane
Rarotonga by plane
Rarotonga International Airport (IATA: RAR) is the main gateway to the Cook Islands. There are daily services to Auckland. The international airlines at present are:
Air New Zealand operates daily services to Auckland, weekly service to Christchurch and Los Angeles
Pacific Blue ] operates services to Auckland three times per week, with connections to Sydney.
Air Rarotonga and Air Tahiti operate code-share services to Tahiti twice weekly
As from July 2010, Air New Zealand is operating a limited service ex Sydney (direct) to Rarotonga.
The Pacific Blue flights arrive and depart at midnight, and the early hours of the morning. The Air NZ flights have a more civilised arrival and departure time, but depart too early and arrive too late for connections to Australia.
Air New Zealand has code share arrangements with all other Star Alliance members including United Airlines and Rarotonga is a popular stopover on round-the-world flights.
There is an Westpac ATM at arrivals after you pass through immigration and customs. There are two duty free stores open to meet all incoming international flights. There is a cafe open in the departures area for departing flights, but don't expect to be able to get anything to eat or drink if arriving on one of the late night flights.
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