New SOE to manage airports

THE country is set to have a new State-Owned Enterprise (SOE) by next year. This was announced by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Communication and Aviation, Moses Virivolomo on Wednesday when speaking at the opening of the two-day Solomon Airlines ‘Aviation Week Fair’ to mark the national flag carrier’s 60th Jubilee. The new…

PELICAN 96 BACK ON  WEST TRIP

 ‘MV Pelican 96’ will launch its  trip again this week after being salvaged from Logha reef in Western Province. The boat is now fully repaired and confident to launch its second trip in Western Province. The newly acquired fast craft will operate its maiden trip for the second time  to only five destinations in Western…

Dash-8 finally arrives

Our very own ‘Megapode’ Dash-8 aircraft has finally touched down in Honiara this afternoon (Saturday) after months of repair works and maintenance. The aircraft was supposed to arrive early this month and started operating on Monday 10th October. However, there were further delay due to a number of technical issues to be sorted out and…

Airlines fare review Feb, 2023

ONE of the State-Owned Enterprise (SOE) trending as Solomon Airlines will review its fares in February 2023. This to allow Xmas travels to be settled and un-interrupted. Chief Executive Officer of Airlines Mr Gus Kraus told this paper in an interview that the Domestic fares are yet to be reviewed. “Domestic fares are not as…