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Fiji Airways clarifies Israel-Fiji charters following local criticism of bias
October 18th 2023
The Fiji Airways decision to fly recent Israel charter flights was based on “purely commercial considerations”, the airline said, and issued a statement to “address certain concerns raised in the media” about the recent charter flight. Read More » “Fiji Airways has an established business relationship with the charterer of the Israel charter flight, who has a history of operating successful international charters and making timely payments for previous charter services,” the airline said. “While the terms of the charter agreement are confidential between Fiji Airways and the charterer, we can confirm the charter is of commercial benefit to Fiji Airways.” The airline said it did not operate on the basis of political or religious favouritism and added it treated all customers and charterers equally. “Fiji Airways also would like to clarify that at no point did any government minister or other government official exert any undue influence or pressure on the airline to operate this charter,” Fiji Airways said. “The decision was made independently by Fiji Airways.”
