Five Kiwi Couples Married Mid-air Sets World Record For Highest Altitude Wedding
Fiji Airways sets new Guinness World Records title
August 9, 2013 - Fiji Airways, Fiji’s national airline is the newest holder of a GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ title, soaring
to 41,000 feet to set the record for the world’s ‘Highest Altitude Wedding on an Aeroplane’.
Five Kiwi couples exchanged vows this week (7 August) at 41,000 feet above sea level aboard a brand new Fiji Airways
A330 to attain the record. The minimum altitude required to set this new world record was 40,000 feet.
To mark its brand launch, Fiji Airways, formerly Air Pacific, set out on a search for five couples to get married on
board its flagship A330 aircraft on a flight from Auckland to Nadi, Fiji. More than 440 New Zealand couples entered
hoping to be one of the lucky couples to be married in the business cabin, and to win a complimentary stay in Fiji to
enjoy their honeymoon courtesy of the Radisson BLU Resort Fiji Denarau Island and The Westin Denarau Island Resort and
Spa Fiji. The Traditional Fijian masi artwork found inside the newly designed cabin and friendly Fijian cabin crew
helped create an elegant celebration on board.
The record was made official by Guinness World Records adjudicator Chris Sheedy, who joined the couples on their flight
to Fiji. The adjudicator verified the altitude and the wedding ceremony in New Zealand airspace, and awarded Fiji
Airways with the record immediately.
Fiji Airways Acting Chief Executive Aubrey Swift said the airline was excited to claim a Guinness World Records
achievement.
“This was a unique idea to get five couples married on board, in our bid to raise awareness of the new airline branding
and of Fiji as a wedding and honeymoon destination,” said Swift. “With our new brand identity and service, based around
an authentic Fijian experience, a couple’s Fijian wedding really can start the moment they set foot on board. We’re
delighted that we were able to set a new Guinness World Record. We kept this as a surprise for our five couples and it
was great to see their reaction when they found out they were part of this world record.”
Thousands of couples travel to Fiji every year to tie the knot but only the five lucky winners will be able to claim
getting married aboard a record setting flight en route to their honeymoon.
Liahn and Wade Herewini
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