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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 January 1986Vol. 57, No. 1

unhappy

p. 8 · Read in the full issue

Air Nauru’s unhappy passenger

I was travelling Suva, Nadi, Nauru and Guam on October 27, 1985, with Air Nauru’s flight 420. The agent at Suva booked my luggage straight to Guam. Upon reaching Nauru, the airline unloaded my lug gage and asked me to go through immigration and cus toms.

I had to recheck my boarding pass and luggage and also had to pay $lO for airport tax.

In every other international airport, there is a procedure for transit passengers. But Nauru seems to be happy not to use this procedure and rob the innocent transit passengers $lO every time one passes through Nauru.

R. Muniappan

Associate Director Agricultural Experiment Station University of Guam Mangiloa, Guam

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