Fiji Airways mulls widebody fleet renewal options

Fiji Airways (FJ, Nadi) has begun reviewing its widebody fleet renewal options CAPA has reported referencing airline sources. Operating a fleet of three A330-200s and one A330-300, the Fijian carrier is said to be looking at both the A350 from Airbus and B787 from Boeing for its future requirements.

Fiji Airways currently uses its A330s to serve New Zealand, Singapore, Hong Kong, the US mainland, Australia, and Tonga. However, the addition of the new widebody jets would enable growth into the Chinese and Japanese markets while boosting its San Francisco, CA frequencies from the current 3x weekly, to daily.

The Fijian carrier has already unveiled its narrowbody fleet renewal plans with two B737 MAX 8s due in 2018 and three in 2019. Collectively, they will replace its current fleet of four B737-800s and one B737-700.

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