Excitement is building ahead of the arrival of the first Fiji Airways Airbus A350-900 in Nadi and its entry into service from December 1 2019.
Qantas international boss Tina La Spina says the airline has asked Airbus and Boeing "to sharpen their pencils" on their Project Sunrise proposals.
Air New Zealand has cut its flying schedule over Christmas/New Year period due to required engine checks on its Boeing 787-9 fleet's Rolls-Royce engines.
Fiji Airways took delivery of its first Airbus A350-900 from the manufacturer's Toulouse headquarters in France on November 15 2019.
The second of three Qantas ultra long-haul research flights landed in Sydney on Friday 19 hours and 19 minutes after taking off from London Heathrow.
Airbus's BelugaXL has received its type certificate from EASA.
