
zoom sur air tahiti atr le choix d 64 preserver l environnement est une des priorites de la compagnie qui a choisi pour cela de s equiper d atr de toute derniere generation. des avions recents beaucoup moins bruyants et moins polluants, ce qui en fait un moyen de transport a l impact sur l environnement tres limite. safeguarding the environment is one of the priorities of our airline, which chose to buy the latest generation atrs. these new planes, much quieter and cleaner, are now a means of transportation with a very limited environmental impact. par / by ludovic lardiere © ludovic lardiere du respect de l environnement atr, the choice of environment protection epuis vingt ans maintenant, la compagnie interieure polynesienne exploite des atr. des avions fabriques par un consortium europeen reunissant l entreprise francaise eads et l entreprise italienne alenia aeronautica. air tahiti est restee fidele a ce constructeur, leader sur le marche des avions de transports regionaux, car ces appareils constituent la reponse ideale aux particularites de son reseau. fiables et robustes, les atr 42 et 72 peuvent aussi bien assurer des dessertes courtes, comme celle menant de l ile de tahiti a l ile de moorea, soit a peine 15 km, que des vols moyens courriers. ils peuvent desservir ainsi l ile de mangareva, dans l archipel des gambier, situee a plus de 1 600 km de l ile de tahiti, soit une distance quasi equivalente a un vol paris/lisbonne ou new york/ miami. mais une flotte composee d atr, c est egalement le choix for the last twenty years, the polynesian domestic airline has been operating atr aircraft, built by a european consortium made up of france s eads and italia s alenia aeronautica. air tahiti has remained faithful to this manufacturer, leader on the market of regional airliners, as these planes are the ideal answer to the peculiarities of its network. reliable and sturdy, atrs 42 and 72 can be used on short routes such as tahitimoorea, which is barely 15 km, as well as on mid-range flights. they can fly to mangareva in the gambier archipelago, more than 1 600 km from tahiti, i.e. a distance equivalent to a parislisbon or new york-miami flight. an atr fleet also means choosing aircraft particularly respectful of the polynesian environment, the protection of which is one of air tahiti s priorities. the nine generation-500 atrs that make up its fleet enjoy the latest technical developments in terms of reducing gaseous emission and r e v u e d e b o r d n ° 5 3 / a i r ta h i t i / o n - b o a r d m a g a z i n e n ° 5 3