A strike by some staff at Air Tahiti has prompted the cancellation of some internal French Polynesian flights. The carrier said among others the flights from Papeete to the Austral Islands had been cancelled for at least four days. A strike notice came into force at midnight after talks to resolve their grievances failed. The […]
Global Affairs Canada advises against non-essential travel to to Fiji due to Tropical Cyclone Zena. Tropical Cyclone Zena is expected to sweep Fiji starting April 7, 2016. Transportation, communications, emergency and medical care, as well as water and food supplies may already be disrupted in affected areas due to unusually heavy rainfall, particularly in Nadi […]
Fiji Airways and its domestic unit Fiji Link have cancelled scores of flights and changed the departure times of others in response to Tropical Cyclone Winston. In terms of its Australian operations, Saturday’s FJ910 Sydney-Nadi and FJ915 Nadi-Sydney flights have been cancelled, as well as FJ930 from Melbourne to Nadi and the FJ922 Brisbane-Nadi service. Also, […]
AUCKLAND — Air New Zealand has issued a travel alert for Fiji with a possibility of a category 3 cyclone expected to hit the region on Thursday and Friday. The alert states: “There is currently possibility of a Category 3 Tropical Cyclone over Fiji which may affect flights into and out of the region on Thursday […]
A powerful 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of the South Pacific island of Vanuatu today, the US Geological Survey said, but no tsunami warning was released. The quake struck at a depth of 636 kilometres (395 miles) at 5:56 pm (0956 GMT) some 262 kilometres east-southeast of Sola in Vanuatu, USGS said. There was […]
Serious weather alert issued for Fiji as residents prepare for a potential tropical cyclone by Thursday. Nadi weather office says of immediate concern are those living in low lying areas. Possible flash flooding. The FMS issued a strong wind warning for land areas in the Yasawa and Mamanuca groups, Kadavu and nearby smaller islands and […]