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Tourism Fiji and Fiji Airports dismiss claims of tourists stranded at the Nadi International Airport yesterday

Tourism Fiji and Fiji Airports dismiss claims of tourists stranded at the Nadi International Airport yesterday

By Iva Danford
08/01/2022
Tourism Fiji CEO, Brent Hill.

Tourism Fiji and Fiji Airports have dismissed claims that tourists were stranded at the Nadi International Airport yesterday.

The CEO of Tourism Fiji Brent Hill says there was no one stuck and there was a Tourist Response Team available to handle anyone who needed accommodation or who was COVID positive and needed help.

On Twitter, Fiji Airports says tourists were not stranded but there were three flight cancellation yesterday.

They said passengers departed on re-scheduled flights later yesterday afternoon and some later last night.

In an advisory on Twitter, Fiji Airways also stated that they did their best to minimise delays on some affected flights by combining flights and finding alternative flight options.

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