Fiji Airways

Fiji Airways
IATA code :	FJ
ICAO code :	FJI
Call sign :	FIJI
Founding:	1947 (as Katafanga Estates)
Seat:	Nadi , Fiji
Turnstile :	Nadi Airport
Home airport :	Nadi Airport
Company form:	Limited
IATA prefix code :	260
Management:	Andre Viljoen ( CEO )
Number of employees:	747
Sales:	US $ 659.7 million (2013)
Alliance :	oneworld connect
Frequent Flyer Program :	Tabua Club
Fleet size:	13
Aims:	international
Website:	www.fijiairways.com

Fiji Airways (between 1971 and 2013 Air Pacific ) is the flag carrier of the Fiji Islands , based in Nadi and based at Nadi Airport . In June 2018, the airline became the first member of oneworld connect .

history

Air Pacific Boeing 747-200 in 2009

Fiji Airways was founded in 1947 by Harold Gatty as Katafanga Estates Limited . In September 1951, the scheduled domestic flight service began under the name Fiji Airways . In July 1971, the name was changed to Air Pacific after Fiji Air Services assigned the name to the company.

1974 began with the first international flights to Auckland, New Zealand. 1975 flights to Brisbane followed via Noumea in New Caledonia . In 1983 a McDonnell Douglas DC-10 flew to Honolulu for the first time .

In 1985, Qantas joined Air Pacific with a management stake and increased its stake to 46.05%. The government of Fiji still holds 51%, Air New Zealand 1.94% and the island states of Nauru , Kiribati , Samoa and Tonga a further 0.74% .

Air Pacific received its first Boeing 737-700 on September 22, 1998 and its first 737-800 on May 24, 1999. In April 2011, it canceled an order for eight Boeing 787-8s due to delivery delays. Instead, in October 2011 an order was placed for three Airbus A330-200s to modernize the long-haul fleet.

On June 27, 2013, Air Pacific was renamed Fiji Airways again. At the same time, a completely new corporate design was introduced. In September 2013, the German Stefan Pichler became Chairman of the Management Board and member of the Supervisory Board. Under his leadership, a five-year plan was drawn up in 2013 to bring Fiji back to profitability. The goal was met in 2015 with a dividend payment of 2.5 million Fiji dollars .

On November 22, 2016, Fiji Airways signed a letter of intent to purchase five Boeing 737 MAX 8s .

Destinations

Fiji Airways flies to numerous destinations in the South Seas from its home base in Nadi . Cities in Oceania , East Asia and North America are also served.

Code sharing

Fiji Airways has codeshare agreements with Air New Zealand , Alaska Airlines , American Airlines , Cathay Pacific , Solomon Airlines and Qantas Airways .

fleet

Fiji Airways Boeing 737-700

As of March 2020, the Fiji Airways fleet consists of 13 aircraft with an average age of 7.6 years:

Aircraft type	number	ordered	Remarks	Seats ( Business / Economy )
Airbus A330-200	5			273 (24/249)
Airbus A330-300	1		leased from CIT Leasing	313 (24/289)
Airbus A350-900	2			334 (33/301)
Boeing 737-700	1		with winglets fitted	122 (8/114)
Boeing 737-800	2			164 (8/156) 170 (8/162)
Boeing 737 MAX 8	2		both inactive
total	13	-

Other aircraft are operated by the subsidiary Fiji Link .

Trivia

• Fiji Airways is still shipping shark fins , a deal that has been denied by Korean Air , Air New Zealand and Asiana Airlines , for example .
• Fiji Airways has an entry in the Guinness Book of Records for the wedding ceremony held at the highest altitude (41,000 feet, 12,496.8 m) .

See also

• List of airlines

Web links

Commons : Fiji Airways  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• The Fiji Airways website (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ fijiairways.com - Fiji Airways Appoints Andre Viljoen as CEO and Managing Director , accessed June 30, 2015
2. ↑ oneworld connect. oneworld. Retrieved June 3, 2018.
3. ↑ aero.de - Air Pacific orders three Airbus A330-200s accessed on October 25, 2011
4. ↑ fijiairways.com - Welcome Fiji Airways, June 27, 2013 (English)
5. ↑ aerotelegraph.com - A good omen for Air Berlin? Retrieved August 3, 2015
6. ↑ Boeing - Boeing Statement on Fiji Airways' Intent to Purchase 737 MAX 8s, November 22, 2016 (English), accessed November 30, 2016
7. ↑ fijiairways.com - Flight Route Map , accessed November 30, 2016
8. ↑ fijiairways.com - Partner Airlines (English), accessed November 30, 2016
9. ^ Fiji Airways Fleet Details and History. In: planespotters.net. Retrieved March 12, 2020 . 
10. ↑ fijiairways.com - Our Fleet , accessed December 21, 2014
11. ↑ ^{a b} ch-aviation - Fiji Airways to add maiden A330-300 in December , accessed on January 21, 2015
12. ↑ Our Fleet | Fiji Airways. Retrieved April 17, 2020 . 
13. ^ Aerotelegraph.com - Airlines ban shark fins , accessed June 26, 2013
14. ↑ fijiairways.com - Fiji Airways Sets New Guinness World Record Title, August 8, 2013 (English), accessed September 18, 2013