TRAVELLERS will be able to fly directly from Singapore to Fiji from April 5 next year.
According to a Changi Airport Group (CAG) press release issued last Friday, Fiji Airways will operate a twice-weekly service between Nadi and Singapore on a 273-seat Airbus 330. The 10-hour direct flight will save travellers about three hours in travelling time when compared to current options which require a transfer stop in Australia and New Zealand.
CAG CEO, Lee Seow Hiang said: “For travellers in Singapore as well as other parts of Asia and Europe, this development makes accessible to them new and exciting holiday destinations in the South Pacific.”
According to Chan Brothers Travel Singapore’s marketing communications executive, Rebecca Chia, current demand to Fiji usually comprises seasoned, high-income travellers who have already been to several island destinations.
“Fiji is branded as an exclusive, high-end, luxurious exotic destination, lesser known than the island nations of Mauritius, Seychelles and Maldives, where a holiday to the destination gives one bragging rights,” she said.
While demand to Fiji is “relatively smaller” compared to other island destinations, Chia said that this new direct connection will boost interest.
She explained: “(Because) it means that travellers can look forward to shortened travelling time to the island nation and likely cost savings from airfares.”
