The newly minted Oneworld member Fiji Airways currently has a great fare for one-way flights across the Pacific. From Australia, you can get economy tickets including 30 kg of checked baggage starting at €252. And if you prefer flying in the opposite direction, i.e. from the USA to Australia, prices start at €271.
Things get especially interesting with a stopover in the Fiji Islands. That’s generally allowed at no extra cost, though local departure taxes make it a bit more expensive, e.g. you can book flights from Melbourne to Dallas with a 5-day stopover in Nadi starting from €335.
Below are a few examples without a stopover (just a few hours layover):
- Melbourne → Dallas: €254
- Cairns → Los Angeles: €254
- Cairns → Vancouver: €281
- Cairns → Dallas: €281
- Brisbane → Los Angeles: €305
- Canberra → Los Angeles: €306
- Sydney → San Francisco: €307
- Christchurch (NZ) → Dallas: €311
- Auckland (NZ) → Los Angeles: €321
- and more…
With several days of stopover, the following prices apply:
- Melbourne → Fiji → Dallas: €333
- Cairns → Fiji → Los Angeles: €341
- Cairns → Fiji → San Francisco: €341
- Cairns → Fiji → Vancouver: €368
- Melbourne → Fiji → Los Angeles: €384
- Canberra → Fiji → Los Angeles: €384
- Sydney → Fiji → San Francisco: €394
- Brisbane → Fiji → San Francisco: €394
If your stay in Fiji doesn’t exceed 48 hours, you can avoid the Fiji departure tax and save about €70. For instance, there are flights from Sydney to Nadi to Los Angeles with a 34-hour layover starting at €318.
Here are a few more examples for transpacific flights heading west:
- Dallas → Melbourne: US$312 (~€266) (w/o stopover)
- Dallas → Cairns: US$316 (~€270) (w/o stopover)
- Dallas → Fiji → Cairns: US$432 (~€369) (with stopover)
- Los Angeles → Fiji → Cairns: US$432 (~€369) (with stopover)
Bitte beachtet die örtlichen Einreisebestimmungen. Für Australien genügt i.d.R. das kostenlose eVisitor-Visum. Fiji erlaubt den meisten Europäern einen visumfreien Aufenthalt bis 4 Monate. In die USA geht es mit ESTA für ca. 20€ (max. 90 Tage Aufenthalt), das Pendant für Kanada heißt ETA und kostet rund 5€.
Umbuchungen kosten A$150 (~€84) zzgl. Tarifdifferenz und etwaiger Gebühren von Drittanbietern. Stornierungen sind nicht gestattet.
To book via Skyscanner, feel free to use the booking form below. In principle, flights are available from now until March 2026, although availability can vary by route. The best availability seems to be from Cairns:
All flights include a layover at Nadi Airport in Fiji. Oneworld status members can access the Fiji Airways lounge. For those continuing directly without a stopover, there is about a 2-hour layover.
Fiji Airways operates a fleet of Airbus A330, Airbus A350, and Boeing 737 (MAX) aircraft. These are mixed across the routes mentioned. Interestingly, the seat pitch is actually largest on the narrow-body planes: 81 cm there, compared to “just” 79 cm on the long-haul fleet.
Please note local entry requirements. For Australia, the free eVisitor visa is generally sufficient. Fiji allows most Europeans to stay visa-free for up to 4 months. Entry to the USA requires an ESTA (approx. €20, max. 90-day stay), and the equivalent for Canada is the ETA, which costs about €5.
Search & Book
According to the fare rules, flights can be booked until April 30, 2025. Availability is generally continuous through March 2026, but prices on some routes increase starting in July.
You’ll find the best dates using Google Flights (instructions). Start by searching for one-way tickets, then switch to a multi-stop search.
No Miles & Points
The tickets are issued in booking class P. Unfortunately, this seems to earn no frequent flyer miles – not even with AAdvantage, which is now the official frequent flyer program of Fiji Airways.
Translated by Ditmar
Cover Picture: Fiji Airways Airbus A330 DQ-FJT in San Francisco International Airport (SFO) | © Miklós Budai 2019