New planes for New Caledonia

New Caledonia guarantees loan for new planes

Air Calin plans to buy two widebody Airbus 330neo and two Airbus 320neo at a cost of just under $US400 million.

The Congress voted 37 to 15 to guarantee a $US50 million of the loan after a bank consortium earlier wanted the territory to guarantee twice the amount.

There were sharp disagreements in Congress over whether to support the guarantee with backers and opponents in both the anti and pro-independence camps.