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{{Infobox Airline |
airline=Air Pacific|
logo=AirPacificLogo.png|
logo_size=|
fleet_size= 14|
destinations=17|
IATA=FJ|
ICAO=FJI|
callsign=PACIFIC|
founded=1947|
headquarters=[[Nadi]], [[Fiji]]|
key_people=John Campbell (Managing Director and [[CEO]])|
hubs=[[Nadi International Airport]]|
secondary_hubs=[[Nausori International Airport]]|
frequent_flyer=|
lounge=Tabua Club|
alliance=|
parent=[[Government of Fiji]] (51%)|
website= http://www.airpacific.com|
}}
'''Air Pacific Limited''', Fiji's international [[airline]], is based in [[Nadi]], [[Fiji|Fiji Islands]], operating international and domestic services around the [[Pacific]] and to [[North America]] and [[Japan]].
== History ==
The airline was established and started operations in [[1951]]. It was founded by Australian aviator [[Harold Gatty]]. Prior to [[1971]] the company operated as Fiji Airways. Air Pacific began service to the USA in [[1983]]. Except for [[2001]], the airline has been profitable for every year from [[1995]] to [[2004]]. Over 500,000 passengers were carried in 2004. The airline was responsible for starting the first ever scheduled international services to the capital of Australia, [[Canberra International Airport|Canberra]]. While the service operated twice weekly for a number of months it is now suspended. {{Fact|date=April 2007}}
Air Pacific acquired [[Sun Air (Fiji)|Sun Air]], a domestic airline, in 2007. This formed the basis for [[Pacific Sun]], Air Pacific's domestic and regional subsidiary.
Air Pacific is owned by the [[Government of Fiji|Fiji Government]] (51%), [[Qantas]] (46.32%). [[Air New Zealand]] and the governments of [[Government of Kiribati|Kiribati]], [[Government of Tonga|Tonga]], [[Nauru]] and [[Government of Samoa|Samoa]] each hold minor stakes. It employs 771 people (at March [[2007]])<ref name="FI">[[Flight International]] 27 March 2007</ref>.
== Destinations ==
As of April 2008, Air Pacific operates scheduled services to the following destinations:<ref>{{cite web
| title = Air Pacific route map
| publisher = [[Air Pacific]]
| url = http://www.airpacific.com/default.aspx?sid=AP_travelPlanner&pid=AP_Routemap
| accessdate = 2008-04-03}}</ref>
{| class="collapsible wikitable collapsed" style="width: 90%; border: #999 solid 1px; text-align: lcenter; margin-bottom: 0; margin: 1em auto 1em auto"
! colspan="5" style="background: #8B8589;"| '''Air Pacific destinations'''
|- style="font-weight:bold; background-color:#D3D3D3"
| '''Country'''
| '''City'''
| '''Airport'''
| '''Notes'''
|- style="font-weight:bold; background-color:#DDDDDD"
| colspan="4" style="text-align: center;"| [[Fiji]]
|-
|[[Fiji]]
|[[Nadi]]
|[[Nadi International Airport]]
|'''Main Hub'''
|-
|
|[[Suva]]
|[[Nausori International Airport]]
|'''Secondary hub'''
|-
|- style="font-weight:bold; background-color:#DDDDDD"
| colspan="4" style="text-align: center;" | [[Asia]]
|-
|[[Japan]]
|[[Tokyo]]
|[[Narita International Airport]]
|
|-
|- style="font-weight:bold; background-color: #DDDDDD"
| colspan="4" style="text-align: center;" | [[North America]]
|-
|[[Canada]]
|[[Vancouver]]
|[[Vancouver International Airport]]
|
|-
|[[United States]]
|[[Los Angeles]]
|[[Los Angeles International Airport]]
|
|-
|- style="font-weight:bold; background-color: #DDDDDD"
| colspan="4" style="text-align: center;" | [[Oceania]]
|-
|[[Australia]]
|[[Brisbane]]
|[[Brisbane Airport]]
|
|-
|
|[[Melbourne]]
|[[Melbourne Airport]]
|
|-
|
|[[Sydney]]
|[[Sydney Airport]]
|
|-
|[[Kiribati]]
|[[Kiritimati]]
|[[Cassidy International Airport]]
|
|-
|
|[[Tarawa]]
|[[Bonriki International Airport]]
|
|-
|[[New Zealand]]
|[[Auckland]]
|[[Auckland International Airport]]
|
|-
|
|[[Christchurch]]
|[[Christchurch International Airport]]
|
|-
|[[Samoa]]
|[[Apia]]
|[[Faleolo International Airport]]
|
|-
|[[Solomon Islands]]
|[[Honiara]]
|[[Honiara International Airport]]
|
|-
|[[Tonga]]
|[[Nukuʻalofa|Nuku{{Okina}}alofa]]
|[[Fuaʻamotu International Airport|Fua{{Okina}}amotu International Airport]]
|
|-
|[[Tuvalu]] [Begins July 24]
|[[Funafuti]]
|[[Funafuti International Airport]]
|
|-
|[[United States]]
|[[Honolulu]]
|[[Honolulu International Airport]]
|
|-
|[[Vanuatu]]
|[[Port Vila]]
|[[Bauerfield International Airport]]
|
|}
== Fleet ==
The Air Pacific fleet includes the following aircraft (at March [[2007]]):
<center>
{| class="toccolours" border="2" cell padding="5" style="border-collapse:collapse"
|+ '''Air Pacific Fleet'''
|- bgcolor=#9592C6
!Aircraft
!Total
!Passengers<br>(Tabua (Business) Class/Pacific Voyager)
!Routes
!Notes
|-
|[[Britten-Norman Islander]]
|3
|9
|Intra-Fijian routes
|Operated by [[Pacific Sun]]
|-
|[[De Havilland|DHC-6]]
|3
|14
|Intra-Fijian routes
|Operated by [[Pacific Sun]]
|-
|[[ATR42|ATR42-500]]
|2
|44
|Intra-Fijian routes, Vanuatu, Tonga
|Operated by [[Pacific Sun]]
|-
|[[Boeing 737|Boeing 737-700]]
|1
|112 (12/100)
|Pacific Islands, New Zealand, Australia, Honolulu
|
|-
|[[Boeing 737|Boeing 737-800]]
|2
|162 (8/154)
|Vancouver/Honolulu, Australia,<br> New Zealand, Pacific Islands
|
|-
|[[Boeing 767|Boeing 767-300ER]]
|1
|256 (18/238)
|Tokyo, Melbourne, Brisbane, Auckland
|Replacement Aircraft [[Boeing 787-9]]
|-
|[[Boeing 747|Boeing 747-400]]
|2
|458 (28/430)
|Los Angeles, Sydney, Melbourne, Auckland
|Being Bought from [[Singapore Airlines]] When lease Expires In 2009.
|-
|[[Boeing 787|Boeing 787-9]]
|(8 orders)
|
|
|For delivery in 2011&2016
|-
|-
|'''TOTALS''':
|14<br>(8 Orders)
|
|
|
|}
</center>
[[Image:Air Pacific Boeing 747 Sydney Airport.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Air Pacific 747]]
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Air Pacific have recently expanded into the Fiji domestic market with the recent takeover of [[Sun Air]]. Rebranded as [[Pacific Sun]], the takeover acquired 6 original [[Sun Air]] aircraft as well as the addition of 2 [[ATR42|ATR42-500]] purchased from [[Air Mauritius]] in mid 2006.
== Controversies ==
===Urination incident===
Air Pacific was forced to apologise after a Fijian soldier urinated on a young female Japanese passenger on a flight from Japan to Fiji. Air Pacific cabin crew provided the woman a change of clothes from the duty free selection, as well as towels and disinfectant soap. The incident made major headlines in Japan. <ref>[http://www.smh.com.au/news/travel/soldier-urinates-on-japanese-passenger/2007/04/05/1175366369391.html In flight urination scandal] </ref> Since the incident, the Japan-Fiji route has performed poorly for Air-Pacific and the Fijian tourism industry has suffered as a consequence.<ref>{{Cite web
| last = Field
| first = Michael
| author-link =
| last2 =
| first2 =
| author2-link =
| title = Urination incident hits Fiji tourism badly
| newspaper = Sydney Morning Herald
| pages =
| year =
| date = 2008-01-09
| url = http://www.smh.com.au/news/news/urination-incident-hits-fiji-tourism-badly/2008/01/08/1199554641235.html
| accessdate = 2008-01-09}}
</ref>
===Pilot Exodus===
There has been a mass exodus of local pilots from Air Pacific to airlines in the Middle East, Australia and also Asia.<ref>{{Cite web
| last = Wise
| first = Margaret
| title = Plan to fight pilot exodus
| newspaper =Fiji Times
| date = 2008-06-24
| url = http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=90124
| accessdate = 2008-06-04}}
</ref> The pilots association has credited the pilot exodus to a gap in working conditions between locals and expatriates.<ref>{{Cite web
| title = Fiji loses pilots over poor working conditions
| newspaper = National Broadcasting Corporation of Papua New Guinea
| date = 2008-06-26
| url = http://www.nbc.com.pg/20080526_Fiji_loses_pilots_over_poor_working_conditions.htm
| accessdate = 2008-06-10}}
</ref>
== Profit ==
Air Pacific announced an after tax profit of FJ$25 million (US$17 million) for the finacial year of 2007. The after tax profit for the previous finacial year was only FJ$17,000 (US$11,500).
<ref>{{Cite web
| title = FIJI’S AIR PACIFIC REPORTS $17 MILLION PROFIT
| work= Pacific Islands Report
| newspaper =Fijilive
| date = 2008-06-29
| url = http://pidp.eastwestcenter.org/pireport/2008/May/05-30-04.htm
| accessdate = 2008-06-08}}
</ref>
==External links==
*[http://www.airpacific.com/ Air Pacific]
*[http://www.pacificsun.com.fj/ Pacific Sun]
==References==
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