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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 February 1990Vol. 60, No. 2

Tuvalu air agreement

p. 26 · Read in the full issue

FIJI and Tuvalu have signed a new air agreement which allows each country to nominate a carrier to operate over the route between Funafuti and Nadi. At present, Fiji Air is the only carrier flying an 11-seat Heron aircraft to Tuvalu tlyee times a week (Airlines of the Mar shall Islands lands there once a week, but only to refuel and has no traffic rights). Fiji Air is to become the carrier nominated by that country, and it is understood that a company called Air Tuvalu is being formed there with gov

ernment backing.