Air Fiji was an airline based in Nausori, Fiji."Two regional airlines seal deal." Pacific Islands Broadcasting Association. 4 October 2005. Retrieved on 3 October 2009. It operated inter-island services to destinations within the Fijian Islands. Its main base was Nausori International Airport, Suva, with a base at Nadi International Airport.Flight International 27 March 2007
Before being headquartered in Nausori, Air Fiji was headquartered in Suva.World Airline Directory. Flight International. 16–22 March 2004. "63."
History The airline was established in 1967 and started operations on 10 July 1967 as Air Pacific. On 29 March 1971, Air Pacific was renamed Fiji Air and again renamed to Air Fiji in February 1995. It was owned by Aviation Investments (55%), government of Fiji (11%) and other shareholders (34%).
It had 229 employees (at March 2007). Air Fiji suspended operations for two weeks in 2008.2008, Grounded Air Fiji Resumes Flights, Fiji Daily Post Air Fiji ceased operations on 1 May 2009 due to financial issues.
Destinations Air Fiji operated the following services (at June 2008):
Fiji Cicia - Cicia Airport Gau - Gau Airport Kadavu - Kadavu Airport Koro - Koro Airport Labasa - Labasa Airport Lakeba - Lakeba Airport Levuka - Levuka Airfield Malolo Lailai - Malolo Lailai Airport [occasional charter] Mana - Mana Island Airport [occasional charter] Moala - Moala Airport Nadi - Nadi International Airport (Base) Nausori - Nausori International Airport (Base) Rotuma - Rotuma Airport Savusavu - Savusavu Airport Taveuni - Matei Airport Vanuabalavu - Vanuabalavu Airport Tuvalu Funafuti - Funafuti International Airport
Terminated destinations before closure: Fiji Ba - Ba Airport Bua - Bua Airport Deuba - Pacific Harbour Airport Korolevu - Korolevu Airport Natadola - Natadola Airport Ono-i-Lau - Ono-i-Lau Airport Rabi - Rabi Airport Saqani - Biaugunu Airport Vatukoula - Vatukoula Airport Wakaya Island - Wakaya Island Airport
Fleet The Air Fiji fleet included the following aircraft (at December 2008):
+ Air Fiji fleetAircraftTotalBritten-Norman BN-2A Islander1Embraer EMB 110P2 Bandeirante2Harbin Y-122Total5
Accidents and incidents On 24 July 1999, Air Fiji Flight 121, an Embraer EMB 110 Bandeirante (registered DQ-AFN) operated a domestic flight from Suva to Nadi, crashed into a mountain near Delailasakau, killing all 17 occupants on board. The crash was caused by a drunk captain.
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