Air Tahiti’s ATR 72-600 registered F-OPFO is reported to be making a long delivery journey from Toulouse, France, to Tahiti. The aircraft stands out not only for the distance involved but also for its cabin: it is configured with 26 business-class seats, rather than the roughly 68 to 70 seats described for the airline’s conventional ATR 72s. Simple Flying reports that the ferry routing is planned to span six days and nine airports, covering approximately 14,455 miles (23,263 km).
The timing of the delivery is not fully consistent across the material available. The Simple Flying report says…