Fiji’s National carrier, Air Pacific plans to re-introduce jet-operated international flights into Nausori Airport in Suva on July 2nd following the approval of the Civil Aviation Authority of the Fiji Islands (CAAFI).

Approval was received after Airports Fiji Limited (AFL) completed necessary work to upgrade the airfield and airport to allow Air Pacific 737-700 aircraft to operate safely into the airport. Air Pacific’s Managing Director and CEO Dave Pflieger said: “Air Pacific is extremely pleased that we will be able to resume jet services into Nausori, and we want to thank our government as well as AFL and CAAFI for making this possible.” The Air Pacific sales and reservations teams will commence selling the direct Suva to Auckland service today. “This service has always been popular for business and government travel, as well as our residents in the Suva and eastern part of Fiji who want to visit friends and relatives in New Zealand,” added Mr. Pflieger. The Suva-Auckland service will initially resume with a weekly Friday flight, and the airline will add a second weekly flight at the same scheduled time on Mondays beginning in August.

The confirmed schedule will be as follows:

Fridays (and Mondays beginning in August)
FJ430     AKL-SUV     Departs 8:00am     Arrives 11:05am
FJ431     SUV-AKL     Departs 12:15pm     Arrives 3:20pm

Air Pacific will operate with a Boeing 737-700 aircraft with 8 seats in Tabua/Business Class and 110 in Pacific Voyager/Economy Class. The new Suva service will complement Air Pacific’s existing Nadi-Auckland schedule of up to 13 weekly flights, in addition to the weekly Nadi-Christchurch flight.

Air Pacific is Fiji’s national carrier and an international airline that operates a fleet of all Boeing 747, 767, and 737 jet aircraft to 18 cities in 12 countries. Sister airline Pacific Sun operates a combination of ATR 42-500s, De Havilland Twin Otter and Britten Norman Islander aircraft on Fiji’s domestic routes that include service between Suva, Tonga and Funafuti as well as between Nadi and Port Vila.

Issued by:
Air Pacific Executive Office
Tel: +679-673-7440
Fax: +679-672-0512
Email: fjceo@airpacific.com.fj