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Air Vanuatu introduced Thursday the airline had cancelled worldwide flights for 4 days and was contemplating chapter safety for the South Pacific state-owned service.
It mentioned worldwide flights had been cancelled till Sunday and flights after that day had been “beneath assessment.”
“The Vanuatu authorities is now contemplating putting Air Vanuatu into voluntary administration,” an announcement mentioned, referring to an area equal of a US Chapter 11 chapter.
“The worldwide agency Ernst & Younger has been appointed to help the Vanuatu authorities in reviewing obtainable choices and put ahead suggestions,” the assertion added.
Hundreds of vacationers have been left stranded by the cancellations.
Air Vanuatu operates one 737-800 plane, which flies all mid-haul routes from Port Vila, together with to New Zealand and Australia.
Final month prospects confronted a number of days of delays after its solely Boeing 737 airplane broke down, leaving passengers stranded in Auckland, Sydney and Port Vila.
The flight, which was as a consequence of take off from Brisbane and land in Port Vila, was cancelled as a consequence of a mechanical concern, which took the plane out of service.
Passengers expressed their frustration {that a} alternative plane couldn’t be discovered. One passenger tweeted: “So apparently the airplane we are supposed to be flying house on tomorrow has mechanical points and is being flown tonight to Australia for repairs so there’s a excessive probability we gained’t be flying out tomorrow.
“Sure Air Vanuatu solely has one huge airplane for flights to Aus.”
The airline mentioned it has “reached out to all obtainable sources to constitution a alternative plane” however has not been capable of finding one because of the busy journey interval of Easter weekend and the college holidays.
The nation of Vanuatu, spanning a tiny archipelago within the South Pacific, lastly reopened to worldwide arrivals in the summertime of 2022 after greater than two years of closure.
One of many final nations on the planet to ease Covid-related journey restrictions, Vanuatu allowed worldwide guests from 1 July, with no requirement to quarantine or present proof of vaccination.
For those who’re affected by these cancellations, contact the airline, your journey agent or insurance coverage firm about rescheduling flights.
