Fiji's International Airline Air Pacific can no long sustain current fare levels with the price of fuel reaching record highs.

It has announced that it will increase its fares from Fiji to Australia and New Zealand by approximately 4% for tickets issued from tomorrow.

Chief Executive Officer John Campbell has confirmed the hike saying that this is no surprise move, even though the airline has effective internal cost management and fuel hedging.

Air Pacific operates 22 services weekly to the Australian cities of Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne as well as services to Auckland twice daily and to Christchurch twice weekly.