As part of the contract, CHEP will introduce new lightweight containers from its 80,000-strong fleet of equipment to support Fiji Airways in reducing fuel costs and cutting CO2 emissions, and help towards the carrier’s sustainability targets.
Fiji Airways General Manager for Freight, Watson Seeto, commented on the continued partnership: "Our outsourcing agreement with CHEP has returned the expected benefits of reduced costs and improved efficiencies and we are pleased to continue to entrust our ULD supply and management requirements to CHEP.
“As we would like to equip our fleet of modern aircraft with lightweight containers, we value the benefits of utilising a common pool of fuel-efficient composite units. CHEP's worldwide network also provides significant overlaps with other pool customers, which means that we don't need to invest in more ULDs than absolutely necessary for our operations and we only pay for the assets that we actually use."
President of CHEP Aerospace Solutions, Dr Ludwig Bertsch, said: "We have worked in partnership to develop a range of tailor-made solutions that support Fiji Airways' growth at the lowest total cost whilst delivering significant improvements in sustainability, and look forward to our continued relationship."
