Fiji Airways is spreading its wings to Texas with the launch of flights to Dallas Fort Worth from December 2024.
Dallas Fort Worth (also known as DFW) is the headquarters and mega-hub of American Airlines, whose AAdvantage rewards programme has recently been adopted by Fiji Airways, ahead of the Pacific island airline’s joining the Oneworld alliance in full member-capacity in 2025.
The 13-hour trek between Nadi and Dallas Fort Worth will be pleasingly handled by the modern comfortable Airbus A350, with 33 lie-flat business class beds and 301 standard economy recliners.
Flights will run three times a week – on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday – beginning 10 December 2024.
Dallas joins Honolulu, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Vancouver on FJ’s network map, with Fiji itself also proving a popular stopover spot which in effect can deliver two holidays in one – or end your business trip with well-earned slice of ‘flop an drop’ downtime.
Fiji Airways CEO Andre Viljoen described the route as “a really exciting milestone for Fiji Airways, as we continue to increase Fiji’s connectivity with the United States and beyond, offering our guests more travel options.”
Viljoen clearly has his eye on growing the North American market, which today represents only 13 percent of inbound tourism.
“The Fiji-Dallas service will make it easier than ever for North Americans and AAdvantage members to holiday in the South Pacific, adding more than 1,000 seats a week from North America to the pristine shores of Fiji.” However, the airline will also be pitching for Australians to book a U.S-via-Fiji trip, to capitalise on the fact that 47 percent of Fiji’s inbound tourism comes from Australia.