Fua'amotu International Airport TBU / NFTF

Sole ground handling agent at Fua'amotu International Airport, appointed by Government of Tonga directive in 2004 (shareholders EM Jones Group, TETA Tours, Pacific Forum Line, confirmed by Matangi Tonga and Kaniva Tonga reporting) after previously-competing handlers merged into one GSP; per DLCA/Logistics Cluster airport assessment 'Air Terminal Services (ATS) is responsible for all ground handling' and 'all border control and passenger immigration services are facilitated by ATS Tonga'; holds ground handling contracts with all international carriers into Tonga (Air New Zealand, Fiji Airways, Qantas); achieved IATA ISAGO (Safety Audit for Ground Operations) registration in October 2024, confirmed by Matangi Tonga as making ATS 'one of only two ground handlers in the Pacific islands' so certified; a 2025 Government of Tonga attempt to transfer ground handling/cargo to a Tonga Airports Ltd subsidiary stalled amid TAL leadership issues and an approaching election, and ATS remained the operating handler as of an April 2026 CEO-recruitment notice citing its ISAGO status; own site (atstonga.to) lists marshalling/parking, full passenger-baggage-cargo check-in/disembarkation, weight & balance, load sheet and dispatch, using own stairs, tow bars, belt loaders, baggage tugs/trolleys, pushback tractors and pallet loaders.

Physical Jet A-1 into-plane/fuel supplier at Fua'amotu per WFP/Logistics Cluster DLCA airport assessment ('Pacific Energy supplies fuel. Price is set by the GoT' with TAL adding a per-litre airport charge; Jet A-1 listed at US$2.48/litre); single-point refuelling and AVGAS 100 also listed as available in the airport's own infrastructure table; separately confirmed via 2026 Tongan government/press coverage (Talanoa o Tonga, USTDA) as 'Tonga's main/leading fuel supplier', landing product via tanker shipments.

Confirmed via 2026 coverage (RNZ, Tonga PMO press releases, Matangi Tonga, Talanoa o Tonga) as one of Tonga's two national fuel suppliers alongside Pacific Energy SWP, including tanker deliveries into Tongatapu; role specifically as into-plane operator at Fua'amotu (versus wholesale/retail bulk supply only) is not independently confirmed by any airport-side source, so recorded as unconfirmed pending airport-side documentation.

Provides full aircraft interior cleaning as part of ramp/turnaround handling; stated directly on ATS Tonga's own services page (atstonga.to/ground-handling-services.html: 'full cleaning services for aircraft').

Operates the airport's main cargo storage facility as the airport ground handler; per DLCA/Logistics Cluster, this is Storage Facility A, a ~150 m² semi-closed hall within the airport compound ~150 m west of the terminal that is 'already in use by the airport ground handler (ATS)' and 'now fully utilised by ATS' (a separate ~150 m² Storage Facility B across the fence houses the quarantine department and customs offices, not ATS); DLCA cargo-terminal tariff table lists import/export handling (job-lot basis), break-bulk fee, AWB documentation (US$70 international/US$22 local) and storage (US$60/day) run through this facility; capacity adequate for current volumes with a fish-export chiller addition originally planned per the assessment.

Airport operator self-provides airport security: per WFP/Logistics Cluster DLCA assessment, 'Tonga Airports Ltd (TAL) maintains and manages airport operations and infrastructure. This includes cargo screening for the airlines'; security personnel on duty 24/7, perimeter fully fenced, airport certified to NZ and ICAO standards; new x-ray and radio-communications screening equipment commissioned under a New Zealand-supported upgrade (handed over by the NZ High Commissioner to Tonga at a Fua'amotu ceremony, reported by Talanoa o Tonga and Matangi Tonga, Sept 2024), replacing an earlier NZ-provided x-ray system dating to the mid-2000s. · 24/7

Avis car rental desk located in the Fua'amotu International Airport terminal building; confirmed directly via Avis's own location page (avis.com), address 'Terminal Building, Nukualofa, Tongatapu, TO', phone (•••, hours 'Sun-Sat Open 24 hrs' — usable for crew/passenger ground transport in addition to standard visitor car hire. · 24/7

Nuku'alofa's main waterfront hotel (124 rooms per TripAdvisor, ~35 km / 40-minute drive from Fua'amotu per the hotel's own site, which advertises 'seamless terminal-to-hotel transfers'); used by Fiji Airways to house approximately 80 passengers (confirmed by RNZ, ABC and other Pacific outlets, with hotel GM Jason Strickland quoted) when flight FJ914 diverted to Tonga in April 2026 after Cyclone Vaianu blocked landing at Nadi; a formal standing airline/crew layover contract is not independently documented, so recorded as unconfirmed rather than a confirmed crew-hotel agreement.