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Fiji Airways receives first Boeing MAX 8
SUVA, Dec 3, 2018 (BSS/XINHUA) — Fiji Airways, the island nation’s flag
carrier, welcomed on Monday the first of its five Boeing MAX 8 jets at the
Nadi International Airport.
Speaking at a welcoming ceremony for the Boeing MAX 8 named “Island of
Kadavu,” Andre Viljoen, managing director and CEO of Fiji Airways, said that
Boeing MAX 8 is part of the airline’s aim to continue growing by a targeted 8
percent every year, by adding new routes to the network and increasing
frequencies to the existing destinations.
Fiji Airways became the first carrier in the Pacific Islands region to
operate the Boeing MAX 8 model, a single aisle aircraft powered with more
advanced and fuel-efficient engines.
Fiji Airways serves 13 countries and regions and 31 destinations or
cities.
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