Christmas Island is a small territory of Australia located in the Indian Ocean. The island lies at a distance of 2600 kilometers to the northwest of Perth in Western Australia and 500 kilometers to the south of Jakarta in Indonesia.
The easiest way of reaching the city is by Flights to Christmas Island that can land at the Christmas Island Airport.
The National Jet Systems is the main airline that offers Flights to Christmas Island from Perth (the capital of Western Australia) and Cocos (Keeling) Islands. There is a flight scheduled to each of these places that have capacities of 64 seats. Moreover, the National Jet Systems has also introduced an additional flight to Christmas Island that travels from Perth at 0945 (WST) every 2nd Saturday starting form April 2007.
Besides, there are several airlines that operate flights internationally to the Christmas Island Airport. Among these the Silk Air that offers 1 daily flight (with a total of 142 seats) from Christmas Island to Singapore and Aloha Airlines that offers flights from Honolulu International Airport are worth mentioning. The latter also provides Chartered Flights to Christmas Island like the 737 which takes a time of 3 hours to cover the distance of 1300 nautical miles between Honolulu and Christmas Island.
As far as statistics are concerned, there are 3 nonstop flights and 1 long haul flight departing from Christmas Island every week. An ARJ with 64 seats and a 32S with 142 seats and are the smallest and largest aircrafts to fly out of the Christmas Island Airport.
The services of the international Flights to Christmas Island especially those from Honolulu are highly commendable. The passengers are offered a light meal along with full beverage service on the flight. Besides, breakfast is served while going to Christmas Island and lunch while returning to Honolulu. Further, vegetarian meals are also available but the respective passengers need to inform the reservations office of Aloha Airlines about it atleast 24-hour early.
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