Free Bird Institute Limited in consultation with the Japanese Embassy in Fiji as well as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Japan has signed a contract with Fiji Airways to charter a flight from Nadi to Narita, Japan later this month.
This flight will allow the repatriation of their students who were in Lautoka during the lockdown period and who were unable to make it to their flight that departed Nadi on 3rd April 2020.
Chief Operating Officer, Mereseini Baleilevuka says over 100 of their students who were in the lockdown areas of Lautoka were scheduled to depart on 3rd April 2020.
She says however, as a result of the lockdown, they were unable to make it to their flight adding their teams have been working around the clock to ensure that their well-being is being looked after.
Baleilevuka says they have since moved most of these students to their Nadi campus for convenience and she has extended her sincere gratitude to their employees and homestay families who have been supporting their students during these difficult times.
This flight will also enable citizens and residents of other countries to return to their home countries via Narita.
More details of the flight will be released once all the necessary approvals have been obtained.
