Air Vanuatu filed for bankruptcy protection on Friday a day after the South Pacific state-owned carrier cancelled all international flights, stranding thousands of travellers. The airline on Wednesday cancelled more than 20 flights to and from the Australian cities of Sydney and Brisbane, and the New Zealand city of Auckland for the rest of the […]
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Air Vanuatu cancels flights and considers bankruptcy protection
Air Vanuatu announced that it had cancelled international flights for four days and was considering bankruptcy protection for the South Pacific state-owned carrier. It said international flights were cancelled until Sunday and flights after that day were “under review”. In a statement, Air Vanuatu said: “The Vanuatu government is now considering placing Air Vanuatu into […]
Vanuatu police, aided by US Coast Guard, say Chinese vessels violated fishing laws
By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) -Six Chinese fishing boats were found to be violating Vanuatu’s fisheries law after being inspected by local police who were on board the first U.S. Coast Guard boat to patrol the waters of the Pacific Islands nation, Vanuatu police and officials said. The infringements included failing to record the fish […]