Air Fiji was an

airline An airline is a company that provides air transport services for traveling passengers and freight. Airlines use aircraft to supply these services and may form partnerships or alliances with other airlines for codeshare agreements, in wh ...

based in

Nausori Nausori () is a town in Fiji. It had a population of 57,866 at the 2017 census. This makes it the fourth most populous municipality in the country. Situated 19 kilometers outside of Suva, it forms one pole of the burgeoning Suva-Nausori corrid ...

, Fiji. It operated inter-island services to destinations within the Fijian Islands. Its main base was

Nausori International Airport Nausori International Airport , also known as Luvuluvu, is the secondary international airport in Fiji, behind Nadi International Airport. It is situated in Nausori on the south-eastern side of Viti Levu (Fiji's main island). Nausori Airport is r ...

, Suva, with a base at Nadi International Airport.

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27 March 2007 Before being headquartered in

, Air Fiji was headquartered in Suva.

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. Air Fiji ceased operations on 1 May 2009 due to financial issues.Defunct Airlines of 2009
File:2004.03.12 06 Air Fiji Matei Taveuni Fiji.jpg, An Air Fiji Harbin Y-12 at Matei Airport, Taveuni Island, Fiji. (2004) File:2004.03.12 04 Air Fiji Matei Taveuni Fiji.jpg, An Air Fiji Harbin Y-12 landing at Matei Airport, Taveuni Island, Fiji. (2004)

Destinations

Air Fiji operated the following services (at June 2008): * Fiji ** Cicia - Cicia Airport ** Gau - Gau Airport ** Kadavu -

Kadavu Airport Vunisea Airport is an airport located near Vunisea (Namalata) on Kadavu Island in Fiji. Also known as Namalata Airport or Kadavu Airport, it serves many tourists surfing and kayaking in Fiji. It is operated by Airports Fiji Limited. Facilitie ...

Koro Koro may refer to: Geography *Koro Island, a Fijian island * Koro Sea, in the Pacific Ocean * Koro, Ivory Coast *Koro, Mali * Koro, Wisconsin, United States, an unincorporated community Languages *Koro language (India), an endangered language spo ...

Koro Airport Koro Airport is an airport serving Koro, one of the Lomaiviti Islands in Fiji. It is operated by Airports Fiji Limited. Facilities The airport resides at an elevation of above mean sea level. It has one grass runway According to the ...

Labasa Labasa (pronounced ) is a town in Fiji with a population of 27,949 at the most recent census held in 2007. Labasa is located in Macuata Province, in the north-eastern part of the island of Vanua Levu, and is the largest town on the island. T ...

- Labasa Airport **

Lakeba Lakeba (pronounced ) is an island in Fiji’s Southern Lau Archipelago; the provincial capital of Lau is located here. The island is the tenth largest in Fiji, with a land area of nearly 60 square kilometers.Steadman (2006) It is fertile and wel ...

Lakeba Airport Lakeba Airport is an airport in Lakeba (pronounced ), one of the Lau Islands in southern Fiji. It is operated by Airports Fiji Limited. Facilities The airport resides at an elevation of above mean sea level. It has one runway Accordin ...

Levuka Levuka () is a town on the eastern coast of the Fijian island of Ovalau, in Lomaiviti Province, in the Eastern Division of Fiji. Prior to 1877, it was the capital of Fiji. At the census in 2007, the last to date, Levuka town had a population ...

Levuka Airfield Levuka Airfield is an airport on the island of Ovalau, one of the Lomaiviti Islands in Fiji. Also well known as Bureta Airport, it is located from the town of Levuka. It is operated by ''Airports Fiji Limited''. Facilities The airport is at an ...

Malolo Lailai Malolo Lailai (Little Malolo), also known as Plantation Island, is the second largest and most developed of the Mamanuca Islands, lying 20 kilometres west of Nadi on Fiji's main island Viti Levu. Malolo Lailai is the centre of tourism in the ...

Malolo Lailai Airport Malolo Lailai Airport is an airport on the Malolo Lailai island in the Fiji's Western Division. The airport is a short strip running the width of the island, and is mainly used for general aviation General aviation (GA) is defined by the I ...

'occasional charter''**

Mana According to Melanesian and Polynesian mythology, ''mana'' is a supernatural force that permeates the universe. Anyone or anything can have ''mana''. They believed it to be a cultivation or possession of energy and power, rather than being ...

Mana Island Airport Mana Island Airport is an airport serving Mana Island, one of the Mamanuca Islands in Fiji. Airlines and destinations As of August 2014, Fiji Airways subsidiary, Fiji Link, has stopped all flights to Mana Island. Currently Pacific Island Air ...

'occasional charter''** Moala -

Moala Airport Moala Airport is an airport serving Moala, the main island of the Moala Islands, a subgroup of the Lau Islands in Fiji. It is operated by Airports Fiji Limited. Facilities The airport resides at an elevation of above mean sea level. It has on ...

Nadi Nadi (pronounced ) is the third-largest conurbation in Fiji. It is located on the western side of the main island of Viti Levu, and had a population of 42,284 at the most recent census, in 2007. A 2012 estimate showed that the population had ...

- Nadi International Airport (Base) **

(Base) **

Rotuma Rotuma is a Fijian dependency, consisting of Rotuma Island and nearby islets. The island group is home to a large and unique Polynesian indigenous ethnic group which constitutes a recognisable minority within the population of Fiji, known as " ...

- Rotuma Airport **

Savusavu Savusavu () is a town in the Fijian Province of Cakaudrove. The town is located on the south coast of Vanua Levu Island and had a population of 3,372 in the 2007 census. Savusavu is known as "the hidden paradise of Fiji." Geography Savus ...

- Savusavu Airport **

Taveuni Taveuni (pronounced ) is the third-largest island in Fiji, after Viti Levu and Vanua Levu, with a total land area of . The cigar-shaped island, a massive shield volcano which rises from the floor of the Pacific Ocean, is situated to the east of ...

- Matei Airport ** Vanuabalavu - Vanuabalavu Airport *

Tuvalu Tuvalu ( or ; formerly known as the Ellice Islands) is an island country and microstate in the Polynesian subregion of Oceania in the Pacific Ocean. Its islands are situated about midway between Hawaii and Australia. They lie east-nor ...

Funafuti Funafuti is the capital of the island nation of Tuvalu. It has a population of 6,320 people (2017 census), and so it has more people than the rest of Tuvalu combined, with approximately 60% of the population. It consists of a narrow sweep of lan ...

Funafuti International Airport Funafuti International Airport is an airport in Funafuti, in the capital city of the island nation of Tuvalu. It is the sole international airport in Tuvalu. Fiji Airways (trading as Fiji Link) operates between Suva and Funafuti. Air Kiribati pr ...

Terminated destinations * Fiji ** Ba -

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** Bua - Bua Airport **

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- Pacific Harbour Airport ** Korolevu - Korolevu Airport ** Natadola - Natadola Airport **

Ono-i-Lau Ono-i-Lau is a group of islands within a barrier reef system in the Fijian archipelago of Lau Islands (''ono'' means "six" in the Fijian language). There are four central volcanic islands: Onolevu, Doi (or Ndoi) Lovoni and Ndavura, the uppermos ...

- Ono-i-Lau Airport ** Rabi - Rabi Airport ** Saqani - Biaugunu Airport **

Vatukoula Vatukoula (; meaning "gold rock" in Fijian) is a gold mining settlement in Fiji, 9 km inland from the Town of Tavua on the island of Viti Levu. Colonial history Vatukoula may be viewed historically as the cradle of the modern gold mining ...

- Vatukoula Airport **

Wakaya Island Wakaya is a privately owned island in Fiji's Lomaiviti Archipelago. Situated at 17.65° South and 179.02° East, it covers an area of eight square kilometres (3 square miles). It is 18 kilometres (11 miles) from Ovalau, the main island in t ...

Wakaya Island Airport Wakaya may refer to: Places * Wakaya Island, a privately owned island in Lomaiviti Archpelago in Fiji * Wakaya people, an Australian Aboriginal people of the Northern Territory * Wakaya language, an extinct Australian Aboriginal language See also ...

Fleet

The Air Fiji fleet included the following aircraft (at December 2008):

References

External links

* {{Airlines of Fiji Airlines established in 1995 Airlines disestablished in 2009 Defunct airlines of Fiji 1995 establishments in Fiji 2009 disestablishments in Oceania 1967 establishments in Fiji