Fiji Airways says Fijians stranded in countries for which flights have been cancelled with immediate effect will have to notify Fijian embassies in those countries of their presence in the country.
They say that this means that Fiji Airways will have to work with these countries and make arrangements to get the people stranded back in the country as these countries have closed their border to other countries including Fiji.
Attorney General and Minister for Economy Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum in a press conference last night had said that Fiji Airways is working closely with foreign embassies and governments to arrange for one-off repatriation flights to and from Sydney, Auckland, Los Angeles, Tokyo and Hong Kong to allow foreign nationals to safely return home and permit Fijian citizens living abroad to return to Fiji.
He says flight suspensions are in place until the end of May, and may be extended further if travel restrictions remain in place.
Sayed-Khaiyum says Fiji Airways will operate one Nadi to Sydney return service today and tomorrow, and suspend the service after that.
He says flights from Nadi to Los Angeles return services will operate today and tomorrow and will be suspended after the last Los Angeles to Nadi flight returns to Fiji on 24th March.
Sayed-Khaiyum says Fiji Airways will operate the last return Auckland to Nadi service tomorrow.
He says the final South Pacific return services between Nadi or Suva and Nuku’alofa, Honiara and Funafuti will operate today.
The Minister says the return services between Nadi and Brisbane, Melbourne, Christchurch, Wellington, Hong Kong, Tokyo (Narita), Apia, Tarawa, Christmas Island (Kiritimati), Vava’u, San Francisco and Honolulu are suspended immediately.
He says direct return services between Suva and Sydney, Auckland and Port Vila, along with services between Apia-Honolulu and Christmas Island (Kiritimati) to Honolulu are also suspended with immediate effect.
The Minister adds twice a week services between Singapore and Nadi will continue.
