Air Vanuatu goes into liquidation, thousands of passengers stranded
Al JazeeraConsultants overseeing process say they hope to get the airline’s four planes back in the skies as soon as possible. Air Vanuatu, the national carrier of the Pacific Islands nation of Vanuatu, has gone into liquidation a day after it cancelled all flights leaving thousands of travellers stranded. Air Vanuatu operates four planes between the country’s islands, which rely heavily on tourism, and to Australia, New Zealand and other South Pacific island nations. The outlook for the airline is positive, despite pressures on the broader industry, and Air Vanuatu is a “strategically vital national carrier”, EY said in a statement. Australian carrier Qantas Airways said it was supporting its codeshare passengers who were booked on Air Vanuatu flights, while the Vanuatu Tourism Office said discussions were under way with Virgin Australia and Fiji Airways about flying stranded passengers to their destinations.
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