by Richard Butler | 30 Jan 2019 | News
Air Vanuatu will add a third Australian destination to its route network from June when it begins nonstop flights to Melbourne from its Port Vila hub. Read more [...]
by Richard Butler | 17 Aug 2018 | Play
Richard Butler | Ch Aviation | Aug 17th 2018
Virgin Australia Holdings is considering deploying its Tigerair Australia (TT, Melbourne Tullamarine) unit on South Pacific routes, a filing with Australia's International Air Services Commission (IASC) has revealed.
In an application dated August 10, the firm requested the IASC's assistance in transferring route authorities allocated to Virgin Australia (SE Asia) (formerly known as Pacific Blue Airlines (Australia)) to Virgin Australia International, Read more [...]
by Richard Butler | 05 Jun 2017 | Play
Richard Butler | June 5th 2017
Pacific Haven Resort Limited, a Vanuatu investment promotion authority approved company, has now released waterfront bungalows for sale, selling off plan and complimented by the first scuba divers academy within a Vanuatu resort site, all proposed to be located on the shores of Teouma bay just 13 minutes from the capital Port Vila in The Republic of Vanuatu.
Pacific Haven Resort will be a luxury waterfront tropical resort that will appeal to sun seekers and to scuba Read more [...]
by Richard Butler | 01 Nov 2016 | News, Play
Richard Butler | Vanuatu Digest | Nov 1st 2016
Citizens of Vanuatu and Russia no longer require a visa to enter each other’s countries, as a new visa waiver agreement between the two countries has now come into effect.
The Governments of Vanuatu and Russia signed an agreement in New York in September this year on the mutual abolition of visa requirements for the citizens of both countries. According to the agreement, citizens of either Vanuatu or Russia may transit or enter the Read more [...]
by Richard Butler | 29 Jul 2014 | Live & Work, Play
An unspoiled, tribal way of life still holds sway in the South Pacific islands of Vanuatu. But, as Nick Squires is relieved to discover, they don’t eat visitors any more.
A dozen semi-naked men ululated in a jungle clearing as the ticklish business of how best to cook a human being was patiently explained to me.
“First, our ancestors would dig a hole in the ground like this,” said villager Berna Kambai, using his finger to draw a rectangular shape in Read more [...]
