Minister for Economy, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum has just announced that Fiji Airways will give $1,000 to all their employees from 31st December, 2019 as part of their profit-sharing arrangement.
Sayed-Khaiyum has announced this in a Fiji Airways press conference in Nadi.
He says this is for people still employed by the airline company or not.
The executives are not taking the $1,000 payment.
Fiji Airways has made a $61.2 million before tax profit in the year ending 31st December 2019 compared to $55.3 in the 2018 financial year.
This has been highlighted by the company’s CEO and Managing Director Andre Viljoen.
Sayed-Khaiyum also says anyone trying to carry out an analysis on the aviation sector in Fiji should look at what is happening in the industry and the region.
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He also says Fiji Airways has managed to compete with it’s own second-largest shareholder, Qantas, recover from a projected $100 million loss to deliver a profit.
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