Air Pacific

Type: Company

Name: Air Pacific

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated 2 hours ago - 2 reports

Air Pacifics second new A330 airbus is expected to arrive in Fiji on Thursday. ...

Air Pacific’s second new A330 airbus is expected to arrive in Fiji on Thursday.The Airbus will be named after the island “Namuka-I-Lau” as a tribute to masi motif designer Makereta Matemosi who hails from the island.A welcome reception is expected to ... [Published Fijilive.com - 2 hours ago]

Entities: Fiji, Air Pacific, Airbus SAS

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated 6 hours ago - 2 reports

Frank Bainimarama

PM takes delivery of second Airbus

Prime Minister Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama (middle) and Air Pacific board chairman, Nalin Patel (right) with Airbus’ Bruno du Pradel (second left) and Isabella Floret (second right) beside the second Fiji Airways A330 named Namuka-i-Lau. The aircraft ... [Published Fiji Sun - 6 hours ago]

Entities: Airbus SAS, Air Pacific, Fiji, Frank Bainimarama

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated 15 hours ago - 2 reports

HK based conservationist group slams Air Pacific for shark fin freight

Bernadette Carreon – Fourth Estate Cooperative ContributorHongkong, China (4E) – Air Pacific is being criticized by a Hongkong-based conservationist group of freighting shark fins to Fiji and Hongkong.Hongkong Shark Foundation accused Air Pacific of carrying ... [Published GantDaily.com - 15 hours ago]

Entities: Air Pacific, Hong Kong, Fourth Estate, Fiji

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 2 reports

United Nations

UN puts French Polynesia back on UN decolonisation list.

Fiji's Air Pacific investigates claims it carries shark fins into Hong Kong.New Caledonia general strike set to last until prices drop.Former CNMI AG Buckingham posts bail in Colorado court. ... [Published Radio New Zealand International - May 17 2013]

Entities: French Polynesia, United Nations, Air Pacific, New Caledonia, General Strike

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

My way and the 'hi' way

Julietta Jameson discovers there are no wrong turns on a newly-possible road trip around Viti Levu.My phone beeps while I'm driving along a muddy back road through a village in the south of Viti Levu, Fiji's big island, so I pull over to check it, then ... [Published Canberra Times - May 17 2013]

Entities: Nadi (Fiji Islands), Fiji, Rakiraki (Fiji Islands), Suva (Fiji Islands)

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 4 reports

Air Pacific looks into allegations

Air Pacific said it is looking into reports alleging that it has been exposed as one of the world's major carriers of shark fins into Hong Kong.The South China Morning Post has claimed that a coalition of environmental groups claim in a letter to the ... [Published Fijivillage.com - May 17 2013]

Entities: Air Pacific, Allegation, Hong Kong

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Air Pacific

Pacific Beat PM Podcast 16th May 2013

Fiji parties hold joint meeting; Hong Kong Shark Association criticises Air Pacific and turkey tails back on the menu in Samoa ... [Published ABC Radio Australia - May 16 2013]

Entities: Air Pacific, Samoa, Fiji

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Bula Fiji Tourism Exchange 2013 opens with a party

Around 120 of Fiji and the Pacific’s top tourism producers and nearly 100 buyers from all over the world are in the Intercontinental Fiji Golf Resort and Spa this week not only to sell and buy, but it appears also to party hard.Check out the photo gallery ... [Published e-Travel Blackboard - May 17 2013]

Entities: Fiji, Tourism, Air Pacific, Westpac Banking Corporation, Hugo Swire

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Air Pacific?soon to be Fiji Airways is a major sponsor of BFTE 2013

e-Travel Blackboard is the exclusive trade media from Bula Fiji Tourism Exchange 2013, this week, Air Pacific - soon to be Fiji Airways, is a major sponsor of the event, with the airline’s regional general manager Australia, Andrew Stanbury, saying that ... [Published e-Travel Blackboard - May 16 2013]

Entities: Air Pacific, Fiji, Tourism

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Drodrolagi Movement says Fiji's LGBT communities face discrimination.

O'Neill apologises for violence faced by women in PNG.One of PNG's Kapris jailbreak trio shot dead by police.Proposed law change in Samoa defining a Samoan raises concerns.Hong Kong shark protectors target Air Pacific. ... [Published Radio New Zealand International - May 15 2013]

Entities: LGBT, Air Pacific, Samoa

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 3 reports

Proposed law change in Samoa defining a Samoan raises concerns.

O'Neill apologises for violence faced by women in PNG.One of PNG's Kapris jailbreak trio shot dead by police.Hong Kong shark protectors target Air Pacific. ... [Published Radio New Zealand International - May 15 2013]

Entities: Samoa, Air Pacific, Hong Kong

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

New Airbus livery ranks top on web

Airbus A330 adorned in its new livery with the masi design by Makereta Matemosi from Namuka-i-Lau. The livery ranked number one on TheDesignAir website.A little less than two months into being launched, and Air Pacific’s Fiji Airways Airbus A330 is already ... [Published Fiji Sun - May 15 2013]

Entities: Air Pacific, Airbus SAS, Airbus A330, Fiji

Quotes

Jay, Takalana's manager, affirms this. "An hour," he says. "A short cut. You'll definitely be on the main road to Rakiraki before nightfall."

My way and the 'hi' way [Published Canberra Times - May 17 2013]

...But the fact is it's full of cargo," he said. "They can afford to lose money on the passenger side because they're making money on airfreight."

Fiji’s airline outed for role in shark fin trade [Published Global FoodMate - May 17 2013]

"The article grossly over exaggerates the situation and is thus misleading. To describe our A330 as a 'thinly-veiled freighter' is totally inaccurate."

Airline probes shark fin claim [Published Fiji Times - May 17 2013]

...On its website the company proclaimed how proud it was to support the competition, saying "shark tourism is an important source of revenue for the local economy."

'Shark-friendly' airline accused of shark fin trafficking [Published Practical Fishkeeping - May 16 2013]

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Second Airbus arrives next Thursday [Published Fijivillage.com - May 18 2013]
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Fiji?s Air Pacific investigates claims it carri... [Published Radio New Zealand International - May 17 2013]
UN puts French Polynesia back on UN decolonisat... [Published Radio New Zealand International - May 17 2013]
5.9 quake off Solomon Islands. [Published Radio New Zealand International - May 17 2013]
My way and the 'hi' way [Published Canberra Times - May 17 2013]
Air Pacific looks into allegations [Published Fijivillage.com - May 17 2013]
Fiji’s airline outed for role in shark fin trade [Published Global FoodMate - May 17 2013]
Airline probes shark fin claim [Published Fiji Times - May 17 2013]
Bula Fiji Tourism Exchange 2013 opens with a party [Published e-Travel Blackboard - May 17 2013]
Air Pacific refutes claims over shark fin carri... [Published Fiji Sun - May 17 2013]
Fijis national carrier Air Pacific is now looki... [Published Fijilive.com - May 16 2013]
Air Pacific responds to claims of shark fin cargo [Published Fiji Broadcasting Corporation - May 16 2013]
ICF International Names Subodh Karnik Vice Pres... [Published AviationPros.com - May 16 2013]
'Shark-friendly' airline accused of shark fin t... [Published Practical Fishkeeping - May 16 2013]
Calls for airline to stop transporting shark fin [Published ABC Online - May 16 2013]
Pacific Beat PM Podcast 16th May 2013 [Published ABC Radio Australia - May 16 2013]
Hong Kong Shark Association criticises Air Pacific [Published ABC Radio Australia - May 16 2013]
Air Pacific?soon to be Fiji Airways is a major ... [Published e-Travel Blackboard - May 16 2013]
Bridal shows wows big Bula exchange at the Inte... [Published Fiji Sun - May 16 2013]
Proposed law change in Samoa defining a Samoan ... [Published Radio New Zealand International - May 15 2013]
Hong Kong shark protectors target Air Pacific. [Published Radio New Zealand International - May 15 2013]
Drodrolagi Movement says Fiji's LGBT communitie... [Published Radio New Zealand International - May 15 2013]
Airline exposed as shark fin trafficker [Published Waikato Times - May 15 2013]
Fiji Airways tops aircraft livery [Published Islands Business - May 15 2013]
New Airbus livery ranks top on web [Published Fiji Sun - May 15 2013]

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Fiji: Air Pac flights set to resume tomorrow [Published H5N1 - Dec 17 2012] Via FijiLive.com, a report published at 8:26 p.m. December 17: Air Pac flights set to resume tomorrow.Fiji's international airline Air Pacific expects to resume flights from tomorrow afternoon when heavy rain and strong winds associated with Cyclone Evan ...
Fears of ’catastrophic damage’ as Cyclone Evan ... [Published H5N1 - Dec 16 2012] Via The Globe and Mail, an AFP report datelined Suva, Fiji: Fears of ’catastrophic damage’ as deadly cyclone nears Fiji. Excerpt:Fijian authorities scrambled to evacuate residents from low-lying areas Sunday as a monster cyclone threatened the Pacific ...

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