Union rejects claims Fiji's national airline on brink of collapse
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Fiji's Transport Workers Union has rejected claims by Fiji Air that the airline is on the brink of collapse.
Fiji Air is the nation's largest domestic carrier and its chief executive warned yesterday the airline may have to close down because of soaring global fuel prices.
If the airline folds, more than 200 people will lose their jobs.
Air Fiji has been involved in a dispute with the Transport Workers Union over cost cutting measures it introduced last year.
The Union's general secretary Kamlesh Kumar has told the Pacific Beat program, Fiji Air workers have indicated they are prepared to make sacrifices to save the airline.
"But the airline needs to come and talk to us. We need to consult we are prepared and the workers are prepared to talk. We could consider all of those options, wage cuts or wage freeze and any other things.but we got to know how much the airline wants from the staff."
