FYI: United cans Cairns-Guam service

[WetPup]

TRAVEL ALERT FOR MICRONESIA
https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/cairnsguam4aussiedivers?source=feed_text&story_id=869973326406755
United Airlines has advised that they will be discontinuing their twice weekly Cairns-Guam-Cairns service effective 27 Sept 2015 (northbound). United Airlines have taken this decision "because the services financial performance did not meet expectations".

A bit of a kick in the guts for Aussie divers *sigh*

What's the best option now for Palau/Micronesia? Via Tokyo I guess?

 

[Centrals]

Manila

 

[WetPup]

Getting to Manila from Australia is surprisingly inconvenient - unless you happen to live in Sydney (I don't). Pretty much everywhere flies to Tokyo, most with multiple daily flights.

 

[Centrals]

The direct flight from Manila to Palau is by UA and you probably don't want to waste any money on them!!!!!!!!

 

[WetPup]

Google informs me there are also direct flights from Narita (on Delta) and Incheon (on Korean Air and Asiana) to Palau. I pick either of those above United now that there's no convenient connection for us in Guam. It's not necessarily a straight up issue with United that puts me off transiting in Manila, but simply that Narita is more convenient for most Australian travellers due to the flight schedules.