A heavily pregnant woman is among Australians stranded in Vanuatu as the country’s national airline is placed into voluntary liquidation. On Thursday it emerged that all international flights scheduled on Air Vanuatu until Sunday had been cancelled, as the government “reviewed” the airline’s future.
In a statement to media, Air Vanuatu confirmed international firm Ernst and Young (EY) had been “appointed to assist the Vanuatu government” in operations moving forward. Merely hours after the announcement, on Friday morning Ernst and Young formally announced the embattled airline had been placed into voluntary liquidation, leaving hundreds of travellers stranded and staff in the lurch.
“Air Vanuatu is critical to the people of the Republic…
