Government ensured that Vava’u is ready for the Fiji Link (Fiji Airways) Featured
Nuku'alofa, 19 February 2016. The Government has ensured that all the necessary work for the start of the Fiji Airways operation into Lupepau’u International Airport, Vava’u scheduled to start on the 2nd of April, 2016 are set up and in place.
The work started when Fiji Link/Fiji Airways submitted an application to Tonga’s Civil Aviation Division, Ministry of Infrastructure to include Vava’u as a destination in Tonga after it received approval from Civil Aviation Authority Fiji (CAAF). Tonga’s Civil Aviation Division (CAD) then conducted the relevant assessments and approved this application in December 2015.
In conjunction with this assessment, the Civil Aviation Division also conducted an assessment on Lupepau’u International Airport to determine whether it meets the requirements for international operations. Tonga Airports Limited (TAL) was also issued with the Aerodrome Operator Certificate in December 2015.
The proposed arrangement for Nadi/Vava’u is accommodated under the 2008 Memorandum of Understanding for Air Services between Tonga and Fiji Governments. The Fiji Airways service to and from Nadi, Fiji to Vava’u, Tonga will be twice weekly using Fiji Link’s ATR 72-600 aircraft.
The Ministry of Revenue and Customs is also prepared to provide the appropriate services such as customs and immigrations services at the airport to ensure the security of the borders and legal entry of passengers into Tonga.
This new operation will also be beneficial to the Tourism Sector in Tonga especially for Vava’u. The Acting Chief Executive Office for Tourism, Dr Palenitina Langa’oi has said that this direct link to Vava’u from Fiji will only bring more tourists to Vava’u and will help boost the Vava’u economy. The Ministry of Tourism will continue to make sure that the services for tourists in Vava’u are up to standard to cater for this increase.
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Koia kotoa Mokofisi koe ngaahi me'a oku ke talanoa kiai e tokoni ia ki ha kautaha oku lolotonga lele. Ko e kautaha helekopeta koena koe feinga ke lele pea ikai ke tali ia nae feinga a Samiu Vaipulu moe kau ngaue ke fakalele kautaha vakapuna ikai ke tali moia. Oku fakatupu fifili enau founga ngaue.
Kapau koe ta'etali ko ha uhinga fakafo'ituitui pea mo ha ta'emalava o fai e fatongia pea oku ke fetongi e kau ngaue ia. Pea kapau oku tae maau pe ongokautaha na'e ta'etali ta oku sii tonu pe Potungaue Sivile. Ka koe me'a kemou manatu'i Potungaue Sivile kuo osi fakahoko e ngaahi fakamole a e ongo kautaha pea e foki atu pe he koe kakava kotoa pe oku i ai hono tuha. -
MĀLIE MONEATA & NGALUFO'OU MAHE...'Oku 'i ai e mo'oni 'i ho'o mo niuvākaí (observation) ki he fo'i fokotu'u pisinisi ko 'ení; na'a ku fk-kaukau fehu'i ki ai pe ko e hā 'oku toutou mutukū ai 'a e fai-fatongia 'i he ki'i halangavaka ko 'ení?
1) Ngalingali kiate au ko e fiema'u 'a e kau pisinisi taki mamata 'i Vava'ú ke fetuku mai 'enau kau pāsese mei mulí, pea fk-'ai'ai ke tokolahi mo manakoa 'a Vava'u. Sai pea fk-'ofo'ofa, pea 'oku tau fk-'amu pehē kotoa pē.
2) Ka neongo 'etau poupou ki ai mo 'etau fk-'amu ke ola leleí, mahalo 'oku 'ikai ke tokolahi fe'unga ke poupou'i ta'e motu (sustainable) 'e he māketí?
3) Ketau ako mei he ngaahi palopalema 'a e Royal Tongan Airlines: Ko e fk-kaukau lelei, ka e pangó pe na'e fai ha fk-totolo fk-māketi fk-'auliliki lelei ke tataki 'aki 'enau fokotu'utu'ú fk-pisinisí.
4) Mahalo na'e 'omai e fu'u Boeing 767 ko e vakapuna fu'u mamafa hono totongí lisí; pe na'e fu'u huluange e ngaahi seá ka e tokosi'i 'a e kau pāsesé. Fēfē 'o kapau ko ha vakapuna mei he ngaahi kalasi kehekehe 'o e Boeing 737, etc?
5) Manatu ko e puna 'a e ngaahi vakapuná 'oku totongi mamafa 'aupito: Kau pailaté 'oku totongi mamafa; kau sētuatá 'oku nau totongi mamafa; kau ngāue mala'e vakapuná 'oku totongi mamafa; pea mo e "jet fuel" 'oku totongi mamafa, pea tānaki atu ki ai 'a e totongi "landing fees."
6) 'Ofa 'oku fe'unga 'a 'enau fk-fuofua'i 'a e totongi tikité ke lava lelei 'a e fk-molé pea ma'u ai moe tupu. Pea 'oku ma'ama'a fe'unga ke malava 'o tokolahi e kau pāsesé.
'Ofa ke ma'u monū si'i feingá ni ke ma'u ai ha fk-lakalaka 'a e fonuá. -
Ko e me'a ko e kautaha vakapuna 'oku 'ikai ke tolonga ia 'o tuputupu'a 'i he fonua ni, pea 'oku fa'a tupunga pe ia mei he Kautaha, pea kapau kuo hoko mo e Potungaue Sivile ia ko e makatuukia, ta ku nau kaunga mo kinautolu ia ki he palopalema. Ai na kuo taimi ke fakafetongi e Potungaue, 'oatu ha kakai tenau lava 'o fai e ngaue ke solova vave ha palopalema e toe hoko mai mo e ngalivale fonua ngalivale lahi ai e Pule'anga 'o 'Akilisi ko e faifai pea toe tengetange Palemia ho'o mou ngaue Potungaue Sivile.
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Maalie Maalie, pea koeha hono loloa e fo'i puna koeni pea tu'u he kuo tau pahia he ki'i halangavaka koeni hono pehe'i hake ikai lava ha mahina e 6 kuo tu'u.
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Ko e ngaahi fakakaukau lelei eni pea faka'ofo'ofa lahi ka ko e FEHU'I? 'E malava e me'a koeni 'o lele ta'e fakahelekeu ai e Civil Aviation Division a TONGA? Na'a ku lau he Kaniva Online hono fakafoki 'o e helikopeta na'e ngaue kiai a e tama ko Rodger 'o fakafoki ia ki Ha'amoa ko e fetokaki pea mo e Potungaue Sivli a Tonga.
'Oku ou faka'ulia'ia he 'ikai malava ke solova e palopalema ko'eni 'i Tonga, 'oku 'ikai ngata e mole faingamalie ma'a Tonga ka ko e toe 'asi atu ki tu'a e vale mo e ta'e'ilo ki he ngaue 'oku fai. 'Ikai ha ongo'i 'e taha e fakamole kuo fakahoko koe'uhi ko ha ngaue ke fokotu'u.
Kapau ko e 'atunga eni ia e fa'ahinga metality 'o e kau ngaue koeni, ta he'ikai pe ke ola lelei ha langafonua ia 'oku fai 'i he fonua ni, he 'oku fu'u lahi e tonounou faka'ilo ia pea 'ikai ngata ai ko e ta'efieauna 'oku lahi.