Fiji Airways will be launching seasonal 2x weekly service between Nadi and San Francisco. Via airlineroute.net, the service will operate between June 16 and August 14, 2016, with the following schedule: FJ870 Nadi to San Francisco departing 9:00PM arriving 12:30PM FJ871 San Francisco to Nadi departing 11:00PM arriving 5:00AM (+2 days) The flight will be…
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The schedule seems odd as the aicraft would be sitting idle in SFO for 22.5 hours...
@ Frank -- It's 10.5 hours by my math, which seems like the standard downtime for Fiji Airways planes, given the coordinated schedules.
The map shows them leaving out of LAX. Is it 55K miles one way from LAX or from SFO?
@Lucky: you're right. As a continental European I always struggle with the concept of a.m./p.m. Thought that 12:30 p.m. meant 00:30 which is nonsense of course.
@Lucky, the airline is taking delivery of their first 300 series A330 in 2016. This should give them more wiggle room in expanding their operations.
@Nick, it's regional base. So it's same 55K from either LAX or SFO. Or if you need a connection, you can also do SEA-SFO-NAN-AKL for all 55K.