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Pacific Island Air employs over 50 staff encompassing management, administration, engineering, flight crew, reservations, check-in and baggage handling. The company headquarters and hangar is located at CAAF Compound, London Avenue, Namaka, Fiji with primary check-in located at the Domestic Terminal, Nadi International Airport .
The Yasawa volcanic group consists of six main islands and numerous smaller islets. The archipelago, which stretches in a north-easterly direction for more than 80 kilometres (50 mi) from a point 40 kilometres (25 mi) north-west of Lautoka , is volcanic in origin and very mountainous, with peaks ranging from 250 to 600 metres (820 to 1,969 ft ...
The island's people support themselves mainly by tourism. In addition to Tavewa residents, the population includes many resort staff who commute from nearby islands in the Yasawa group or from Nadi. The locals live in bures like those at the resorts. Cooking is usually communal, on fireplaces dotted around the bures.
Yasawa Island Airport (IATA: YAS, ICAO: NFSW) is an airport on the Yasawa Island in the Fiji's Western Division. The airport is a short strip running the width of the island, and is mainly used for general aviation and transporting guests to resorts on the island.
The country comprises an archipelago of more than 332 islands, of which 110 are permanently inhabited, and more than 500 islets, amounting to a total land area of about 18,300 km 2 (7,100 sq mi). The two major islands, Viti Levu and Vanua Levu , account for 87% of the population of almost 850,000.
Early in the war, B-17 Flying Fortresses were flown from Nadi against Japanese targets in the Philippines and Solomon Islands. In 1943, the 42d Bombardment Group flew B-25 Mitchells from Nadi. During this period, the U.S. Navy used the airfield as well, labeling it Naval Air Facility Nandi (NAF Nandi). [citation needed]
2.8.4 2009 transfer of power. 2.8. ... The rising price of cotton in the wake of ... arrivals The Yasawa Flyer ferry connects Port Denarau near Nadi with the Yasawa ...
A Fiji Airways Boeing 737 from Nadi en route Honolulu at Cassidy International Airport. Cargo has been unloaded. The airport is at an elevation of 5 ft (1.5m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 08/26 with an asphalt surface measuring 2,103 by 30 metres (6,900 ft × 98 ft).