air tahiti nui is a french airline, based in the french polynesia. it was formed in 1996. the first flight was from papeete to los angeles on november 20, 1998. later on, it started going to tokyo, osaka, auckland, paris and sydney. as of 2016, air tahiti nui goes to only 4 destinations from its hub at fa'a'ā international airport. the airline has a fleet of 5 airbus a340 airplanes.