The new CEO of Fiji Airways says the delays experienced by passengers will likely continue until the end of the year.
Stefan Pichler says he is implementing a five-year plan for the newly-branded airline and there are several issues on his to-do list.
Yesterday another flight was delayed due to a fault with a leased engine on a Boeing 737 plane.
Despite criticism for purchasing Airbus planes, Mr Pichler says they use less fuel and will be better in the long term.
Mr Pichler says there are many causes of the delays.
"Reasons in maintenance - spare parts etc, reasons in operations - lack of crew, or training, reasons in airport handling. So we have created an on-time performance task group which meets weekly and is currently addressing fourteen different items who are all drivers of this on-time performance."
Stefan Pichler says the company needs to offer more jobs to Fijians, and yesterday hired 20 new flight attendants, chosen from 2,000 applicants.
