A “vital” airline has filed for bankruptcy with flights grounded - but it could now be saved. Air Calédonie is the domestic airline for New Caledonia, a French territory in the South Pacific, and it filed for bankruptcy last month following a protest movement by customers in the territory's outer islands. The protestors blocked key airfields , angry at the company's decision to move Air Calédonie's operations from the Nouméa Magenta airport to New Caledonia's international La Tontouta base -