American Airlines to start in May

Newly-appointed Fiji manager for American Airlines, Mr. Ron Hunt. The airline hopes to start Pacific services in May. However, in late January it seemed that Fiji might become the initial turn-around point for the services, as the US company’s negotiations for rights with Australia and New Zealand were making little progress.

Mr. R. L. Frederick, a vice-president of American Airlines and a party of half a dozen technical and operational personnel visited Fiji in January. A subsidiary of the airline would consider building a hotel in Fiji when services had been successfully established, Mr.

Frederick said.