Fiji's airline not affected by Qantas strike in Australia

Fiji's airline not affected by Qantas strike in Australia

 Fiji's international carrier Air Pacific said here on Sunday that it has not been affected by Qantas strike in Australia, shocking decision to ground all its fleet worldwide.

An Air Pacific spokesperson told media that all their flights are on schedule and operating as normal, while advising all customers holding a QF ticketed flight number, which is operated by Air Pacific, are not impacted by the Qantas grounding.

Meanwhile, Qantas has also announced that its low cost international arm, Jetstar which services the Sydney to Nadi (Fiji 's western tourist city) route is not included in the shutdown leaving passengers unaffected.

Qantas is Air Pacific's second biggest shareholder at 46 percent. In addition, it also code-shares with Air Pacific on some of Air Pacific's major routes and provides ground and airport counter services in some countries.

Qantas announced the grounding of all domestic and international flights on Saturday in response to a protracted industrial dispute with employees. In total 108 aircraft will be grounded in 22 airports around the world, with some 13,000 passengers booked to travel on Qantas planes from overseas ports to Australia between Saturday and Monday.

Editor: Yamei Wang

English.news.cn   2011-10-30 15:09:23 FeedbackPrintRSS
SUVA, Oct. 30 (Xinhua)