$60M Worth of Capital Investment to start in 2023

The Fiji Airports will restart their capital investment projects in the new year.

Fiji Airports chief executive officer Rowan Chalmers said with the successful trends encountered so far since the re-opening of the borders on December 1, last year, has made it possible to take place.

“For the projects mentioned are all funded in the capital plan for next year,” Mr Chalmers said.

“The capital plan for 2023 for Fiji Airports is just under $60 million and these are part of those expenditures.”

He said that other projects are also underway at the moment.

The following key projects to be delivered in the next 18 months are:

■A new terminal for Labasa Airport

■A new terminal and car park for Savusavu airport

■Refurbishme■t of our Suva Nausori airport facilities with new customer technology to expedite journey

■Upgrade for Nadi domestic to expand terminal space and amenities

■Acce●eratio■ of deployment of digital solutions across our airports to improve and enhance safety, assets utilization and customer experience.

Fiji Airways making profits again in October

Our national airline Fiji Airways has begun making profits again from October this year.

Fiji Airways managing director and chief executive officer Andre Viljoen said that they now foresee Fiji Airways moving forward in a profitable position.

He said when they first suspended flights on the first of April 2020, their revenue dropped from a billion dollars to zero.

He said this was a very challenging time for them, but they managed to get through it.

“With the level of demand, we see now and the price adjustment we had to do to airfares to offset the fuel, I’m pleased to say that from October we are back to profits,” Mr Viljoen said.