French President visits Wallis and Futuna

We seldom hear of the French protectorate islands of Wallis and Futuna located some 480km northeast of Fiji. However this week the small nation hosted the second visit of a French President when Francois Hollande and his entourage arrived at Wallis Island early on the morning of 22 February on board Armee de L'Air Falcon 7X F-RAFB arriving from Papeete as COTAM01. The President was then flown to neighbouring Futuna Island by a Armee de L'Air Casa 235 52-ID/066 before returning to Wallis and catching the 7X back to Papeete.

President Hollande had arrived Papeete during the early hours of 22 February (NZ date) from Orly via a techstop at Vancouver onboard Airbus A330 F-RAFA and immediately tranfferred to the 7X for the day trip to Wallis and Futuna. Yesterday the President was flown to Raiatea and back and the same night departed for Lima, Peru onboard the A330. 

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