Solomon Airlines Pays Air Nauru around SBD 4.5m for Chartered Flights 

The national carrier’s biggest airplane only resumed normal operations on Monday this week after it was grounded due to fuel contamination. 

“In January the plane’s fuel tanks were checked for contamination, there’s a left wing, right wing and center fuel tank in the aircraft, the recent contamination was found in the wing tanks this saw our maintenance controller in Brisbane making the decision for us to ground the plane, the fuel tanks are checked every time the plane lands,” Mr Kraus said. 

It took the airline two weeks to address the issue of fuel contamination because it requires personnel to enter the wings and identify its causes.

Mr. Kraus said the AIRBUS A320 will not be in operation later this month as it will undergo regular checkups in Melbourne, Australia.

“The planned maintenance checkup of the airbus will be for two weeks starting from the 22nd. Air Nauru will again be charted to pick up work for us, however, we are looking into having another airline to help as Air Nauru cannot do all our work,” he said. 

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By Sharon Nanau