About Fiji Airways
Air Pacific Limited, trading as Fiji Airways, formerly Air Pacific, is the flag
carrier airline of Fiji. It operates international and domestic services to 10 countries
and 15 cities around the Pacific, including Australia and New Zealand, North America
and Hong Kong. It is also a partner with the frequent flyer programmes of Alaska
Airlines, American Airlines, and Qantas. In May 2012, the airline announced that
it would reintroduce the name Fiji Airways, changing from Air Pacific, to reinforce
its role as the national airline of Fiji. The airline ordered new Airbus A330-200
aircraft as part of the brand update it was founded by Australian aviator Harold
Gatty, who was given a ticker-tape parade in New York City in 1931 for his round-the-world
flight with Wiley Post. The company started as Katafanga Estates as it operated
to Gatty's island in Fiji with the same name.