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Solomon Airlines Restores Airbus A320 Connectivity To Vanuatu Espiritu Santo

Solomon Airlines has again stepped up to provide more connectivity between Australia and Vanuatu, filling the hole left by the demise of Air Vanuatu.

Solomon Airlines is adding a second weekly flight between Vanuatu and Auckland, and Australian airlines are scrambling to add more capacity.

Solomon Airlines is adding a second weekly flight between Vanuatu and Auckland, and Australian airlines are scrambling to add more capacity.

Australian airline capacity between Australia and Vanuatu is about to jump from 880 seats weekly to 3,102 weekly.

Solomon Airlines has stepped up to provide regular flights between Vanuatu and New Zealand while Air Vanuatu struggles to stay aloft.

It seems that Air Vanuatu may not get back in the air, so Virgin Australia and Qantas have already applied to send their aircraft to fill the void.

With Fijian Nationals among those stranded in Vanuatu due to the collapse of Air Vanuatu, Fiji Airways has stepped in with free flights home.

Once again, the sole Air Vanuatu Boeing 737 is grounded in Australia awaiting maintenance, but the airline is now in the hands of a liquidator.