On the 3th October 2024, the Hon Prime Minister met with Dr. Fabien Menant, Senior Vice-President Public Affairs France; Mr. Mexind Utomo, International Governmental Affairs Director and Ms. Nathalie Donnard, Civil Affairs Director of AIRBUS.
During the meeting the Hon Prime Minister provided an update on the Air Vanuatu Status and queried on the possibility of further engaging with AIRBUS. Response from the AIRBUS delegation was very positive.
Later this year, AIRBUS will send its Representative based in the Solomon Islands to Port Vila to further engage with relevant authorities and officials to materialize the discussions.
The AIRBUS delegation has also offered to engage with ATR on behalf of the Government of Vanuatu on the possibility of acquiring an ATR Aircraft.