Pacific Sun to lease an ATR aircraft

Good news for domestic and regional air travellers as Pacific Sun has announced that it will lease an ATR 72-600 aircraft, to add to its fleet of two ATR 42-500 and three Twin Otter aircrafts.

Pacific Sun will lease the aircraft from a Singapore-based aircraft leasing company Avation PLC for 12 years.

Pending the signing of the formal contract, the brand new ATR 72-600 is expected to arrive in Fiji in April next year.

Pacific Sun said the lease will be funded without the need for any external financing.

Pacific Sun’s chairman Nalin Patel said the intent to acquire an additional, larger aircraft stems from the airline’s confidence in the growth of domestic and regional travel.

Patel said with the growth in domestic and regional traffic experienced in the past years and a restructure of Pacific Sun’s operations under the leadership of general manager Shaenaz Voss now complete, the time is now right for the airline to expand its fleet.

This will provide a boost to travel between Fiji’s larger domestic ports - Nadi, Suva and Labasa, as well as encourage further travel and trade between Fiji, Tuvalu, Kiribati, Vanuatu, Samoa and Tonga.


Story by: Vijay Narayan