oneworld says “Bula” to Fiji Airways as its 15th full member airline

oneworld®, the world’s airline alliance, has introduced that Fiji Airways is to change into its 15th full member airline. Fiji Airways, the flag service of Fiji and the South Pacific, has been a invaluable presence within the oneworld alliance for the previous 5 years as a oneworld join accomplice. During this time, the airline has developed cooperative hyperlinks with all oneworld member airways, paving its approach to a extra seamless integration as a full oneworld member. Fiji Airways’ transition to full membership will start instantly and shall be accomplished inside the subsequent 12 months.

Nat Pieper, oneworld CEO, stated: “It’s a very warm bula, or hello, to Fiji Airways as we welcome them as our 15th full member airline in the oneworld alliance. Fiji Airways is already part of the oneworld family, as we have had a highly successful relationship since the airline joined as a oneworld connect partner five years ago. With its tremendous growth, award winning product and services, and acceleration of connections with all oneworld member airlines, Fiji Airways will strengthen our position as the premier airline alliance for international global travellers.”

Andre Viljoen, the Managing Director, and CEO of Fiji Airways, added: “I am extremely proud to announce our full membership in the award-winning oneworld alliance, marking a significant step in our commitment to providing unparalleled service and connectivity. As a full member airline, we are excited to enhance the travel experience for oneworld alliance frequent flyers, offering greater accessibility to Fiji and the South Pacific, and ensuring seamless connections and memorable journeys for Fiji Airways customers across the alliance network.”

Fiji Airways, with its hub at Nadi International Airport, serves 26 locations in 15 international locations and territories globally, together with oneworld hubs at Sydney, Hong Kong, Los Angeles, and Tokyo. Fiji Link, an entirely owned subsidiary of Fiji Airways, will change into an affiliate airline of oneworld and lengthen the alliance’s community even additional by bringing its home flights to Suva, Nadi, Labasa, Taveuni and Kadavu; as effectively as regionally to the Pacific Island nations of Tonga, Samoa, Tuvalu and Vanuatu. Fiji Airways not too long ago introduced file annual income and revenues, for 2023, with 2.2 million passengers carried on its flights, providing 2.8 million seats. With an unprecedented progress, elevated capability, and fleet enhancement with new state-of-the-art Airbus A350 plane, Fiji Airways is effectively set to proceed its progress now as a full oneworld member airline, providing much more flights and new routes in response to the rising buyer demand.

As a full oneworld member airline, Fiji Airways will present oneworld Emerald, Sapphire, and Ruby prospects with a full suite of oneworld advantages together with incomes and redeeming miles, incomes standing factors, precedence check-in and boarding and lounge entry. Likewise, Fiji Airways’ prime tier prospects shall be in a position to achieve entry to all oneworld precedence advantages together with a community of practically 700 enterprise and First class lounges globally, as effectively as newly opened oneworld branded lounges in Amsterdam’s Schiphol and Seoul’s Incheon Airports.

Fiji Airways initially commenced flying on 1st September 1951 and now has a fleet of 21 plane, together with Airbus A350s, Airbus A330s and Boeing 737s.

At the 2023 Skytrax Awards, Fiji Airways gained the Best Airline, Best Airline Staff and Best Airline Services in Australia & the Pacific classes; got here 15th within the Global prime 100 Airline Rankings; was twelfth within the Global Top 20 Cabin Crew Rankings; and got here sixteenth within the Global Top Cleanest Airline Rankings.

2024 marks the twenty fifth anniversary of the oneworld alliance, which was based in 1999 by American Airlines, British Airways, Cathay Pacific, and Qantas. Later this yr, Oman Air will change into the 14th member airline of the alliance, becoming a member of Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, British Airways, Cathay Pacific Airways, Finnair, Iberia, Japan Airlines, Malaysia Airlines, Qantas, Qatar Airways, Royal Air Maroc, Royal Jordanian and SriLankan Airlines.