Société Calédonienne de Transports Aériens, trading as Air Calédonie, is the domestic airline of the French collectivity of New Caledonia.

Its headquarters are on the grounds of Magenta Airport in the territory's capital of Nouméa, from which it operates scheduled passenger and cargo flights to domestic destinations.

The twin-engine, fabric-covered aircraft was a de Havilland Dragon Rapide DH 89 and could carry eight passengers.

In 1968, the de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter was the first turbine-powered aircraft to arrive in Air Calédonie's fleet.

Two Dornier 228 were added to the fleet in 1990, the aircraft of which could travel twice as fast as the Twin Otter with an identical capacity of 19 seats.

The Dorniers were considered highly cost-efficient aircraft to the airline, and unlike the ATR, could land on short runways.

At the beginning of the 1990s, the company was faced with liquidity problems following large fleet renewal investments and several social crises.

The management board's main task was to create a recovery plan which would increase the company's profit margins whilst simultaneously meeting customers' needs.

These three aircraft were decorated in the company's new livery, consisting of yellow and orange colors with bamboo-engraved totem patterns.

In March 2012, Samuel Hnepeune became president of Air Calédonie's board of directors, before being made company chief executive officer in September 2013.