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Fiji’s national carrier beat out Qantas and Air New Zealand to be named the region’s best airline in the World Airline Awards.

included blockades of that country’s airport, affecting the operations of the national carrier, Aircalin.But there’s some good news for Vanuatu. Solomon Airlines will begin weekly direct flights from Brisbane to Vanuatu’s Espiritu Santo island from Thursday, July 4. The once-weekly direct return joins its twice-weekly Brisbane-Honiara-Port Vila flights in servicing Vanuatu for Australians.

One of those might well be the South Pacific’s biggest airline, Fiji Airways, which is a beacon of regional and global aviation success.Fiji’s national carrier was voted, for the second consecutive year, the “Best Airline in Australia and Pacific” at the Skytrax 2024 World Airline Awards, held in London on June 24.

 

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