Labasa runway condition continues to affect Pacific Sun flights

Pacific Sun continues to incur a significant financial impact due to the condition of the Labasa runway, which in its current state does not allow the airline to operate its ATR-42 services there.

Flights to and from Labasa continue to be cancelled until further work on the runway is completed, and the runway meets all international safety and operations standards.

“As we’ve consistently stressed, we’re just as disappointed as our customers in the delay to resume Labasa operations, but the safety of our customers, crew and aircraft is paramount,” says Shaenaz Voss, Pacific Sun General Manager. “In addition to the disruption to the travel plans of our customers as a result, we are incurring significant costs by operating supplementary DHC-6 Twin Otter services into Savusavu. It is a costly exercise, one which losing us a lot of money. However, as a responsible airline, we are doing this to ensure that our customers have another alternative for travel to Vanua Levu.”

Pacific Sun is encouraged that Airports Fiji Limited will undertake further work on the Labasa runway. The airline understands work may commence next week.