About Air Taxi Vanuatu

Meet The Air Taxi Team

WORKING TOGETHER – The small and personal team at Air Taxi is well equipped to ensure you fly safely, to the many exotic islands of Vanuatu with lots of fun thrown in.

Flight safety is the mainstay of our company culture; we are Civil Aviation Authority Vanuatu (CAAV) compliant, and we train our pilots to exceed the Authority standards. Our aircraft are owned and maintained in country by our International Licensed Aircraft Engineers, the same engineers that complete pre-flight inspections of the international jets, so you are in good hands.

Vanuatu is home to some of the world’s most active and spectacular volcanoes. We offer tours to several volcanoes including Mt Yasur volcano on Tanna Island, Benbow & Marum volcanoes on Ambrym Island, Lopevi volcano, Ambae volcano and the volcano on Gaua Island in the Banks Group. We provide charter flights to see traditional cultural displays and tours to see the famous Pentecost Nagol Land Diving. We can fly you to an Eco-lodge on Epi Island, the white sandy beaches of Espiritu Santo such as Champagne beach, the jungle forests of Malekula Island, the coral reefs of Mystery Island, and the country’s best snorkeling and diving spots. We offer wildlife viewing, hiking and flight seeing joy flights over the pristine bays of Port Vila.

Let us take you to see the best that Vanuatu has to offer.

The Air Taxi History

Air Taxi Vanuatu is part of the Pacific Air Services Group, comprising the charter operation of Air Taxi, its maintenance facility and the group’s leasing arm, Air Leasing Pacific Ltd. It has its beginnings in 2004, when two pilots, Wayne Allport and Simon Turner, decided to start their own seaplane airline. They purchased and then flew a Maule seaplane from the Waitara River, near New Plymouth, New Zealand and ferried it 1,300 naut1cal miles to Port Vila in Vanuatu.

The Company, then known as Vanuatu Seaplanes, flew scenic fights and volcano tours from the beach at Iririki Island, in Port Vila Harbour, for several years.

In late 2009, the company sold the seaplane business and purchased a five passenger seat, wheeled, Cessna 206 and started running volcano tours to Tanna in earnest.

To be able to cope with increased demand, Air Taxi Vanuatu purchased another aircraft in December 2010, this time a six/seven passenger seat Cessna 207. Thereafter, the business expanded and now, in addition to the Cessnas, operates a number of twin engine, Britton Norman Islander aircraft.

As of April, 2016, the group own and operate 7 aircraft on charter, air tours, medevac, scenic flights, aerial survey, photography and sky diving around the islands of Vanuatu and beyond, in the South Pacific.