Solomon Airways welcomes worldwide border opening from July 2022
Solomon Airways has welcomed the announcement by Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare confirming the complete reopening of Solomon Islands’ worldwide borders, commencing on 1 July 2022.
The airline stated the opening of borders and easing of journey restrictions together with the ending of home journey restrictions over the weekend, are constructive steps that may permit Solomon Airways to rebuild its home schedule and plan for additional worldwide operations.
“It will enable us to reconfigure our schedule to serve local demand and prepare for more international visitors,” stated Solomon Airways CEO Brett Gebers.
“To begin we have now adjusted our home schedule efficient from 6 June to organize for inbound connections on Friday from our Brisbane to Honiara service and to make sure the power so as to add capability to home routes reminiscent of Munda, Gizo, Auki, and Santa Cruz, the place we’re already seeing rising reserving demand.
“While the ongoing mandatory quarantine period for international arrivals remains a deterrent to inbound tourism, we understand that these restrictions will be progressively relaxed and believe we will still see enough early international travellers coming to Solomon Islands to sustain our twice-weekly Brisbane-Honiara services until all restrictions are removed in the next few months,” he stated.
“We will also look to re-establish our weekly Tuesday flight between Honiara and Nadi,” Mr. Gebers stated.
“Common business journey to Vanuatu and Kiribati is just not but doable as a result of border restrictions of these international locations, nonetheless, we stay up for resuming flights between Honiara, Port Vila, and Tarawa sooner or later.
“This announcement is certainly a positive development as the gradual recovery of Solomon Islands’ tourism industry and the contribution that growth in international tourism and development can make to the economy is entirely dependent upon the reopening of our borders,” he stated.
“If ultimately we want a tourism industry again, we must be determined as a nation to reach a 90% vaccination rate, do away with quarantine requirements and welcome back vaccinated tourists freely,” he added.
Solomon Airways will proceed to take care of COVID-19 protocols onboard all worldwide flights together with the requirement for face masks to be worn always and assist the testing necessities outlined by the Solomon Islands Authorities for all worldwide arrivals.
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