Vanuatu News

Airport chief says emergency repairs didnt last

Back in January Air New Zealand and Qantas withdrew their services to Port Vila citing concerns over the safety of the runway.

The World Bank loaned Vanuatu a 60 million US dollars for an overhaul of the industry.

The Bank sent a technical team to look at the short term repair of the runway and designs for longer term rehabilitation.

Fulton Hogan was contracted to conduct emergency repairs for the short term rehabilitation.

This week minor work was carried out again after staff spotted a gap opening up in part of the runway.