From December 2005 to September 2006, Nauru became partially isolated from the outside world when Air Nauru, the only airline with service to the island, ceased to operate. The only outside access to Nauru was then by ocean-going ships. The airline was able to restart operations under the name Our Airline with monetary aid from Taiwan. The island has one airport;Nauru International Airport.On 23 April 2008, Nauru became the 34th state to recognise Kosovo. On 15 December 2009 Nauru became the fourth country to recognise Abkhazia,6 - and on 16 December recognised South Ossetia,7 - regions claimed by Georgia which had been de facto independent since the early 1990s and were recognised as such by Russia after the brief 2008 South Ossetia War. Reports suggest that this decision netted Nauru Russian aid of around US$50,000,000.6 - Nauru is the only state in the world to recognise Abkhazia and South Ossetia as well as Kosovo.