Fiji Airports completes outer island airport runway upgrade

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The newly-upgraded Lakeba runway in Lau. Picture: SUPPLIED

FIJI Airports has this week completed the runway upgrade at Lakeba in Lau with the first flight landing on the new runway yesterday.

Fiji Airports CEO Faiz Khan said the Lakeba runway refurbishment was the second major infrastructure upgrade completed for its network of Outer Island Airports in the past two weeks.

The cost of the Lakeba runway upgrade was close to $0.3million.

“Fiji Airports is carrying out these runway upgrades to help improve air connectivity for the benefit of all Fijians,” Mr Khan said in a statement issued today.

“These developments on our remote outer island airports are challenging due to the complexity and isolation. The new runway will certainly be a welcoming sign for people travelling to Lakeba this festive season.”

He said two weeks ago, Fiji Airports completed the Bureta Airport runway upgrade.

And in the New Year, upgrade works will start in Kadavu for the Vunisea runway.

The Labasa Airport runway and apron will also be upgraded next year as part of our ongoing Outer Island Airports Development Programme.

In 2018, Fiji Airports made a cash loss of $18.9million in the running of its network of airports at Nausori and the outer islands.

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