Fiji Deputy Prime Minister Viliame Gavoka announced that foreign airline crew members were sexually assaulted and robbed on New Year's Day.

Two crew members of the Australian airline Virgin Australia were allegedly raped and robbed in the Fijian city of Nadi during a night out in the early hours of News Year’s Day.

Authorities in Fiji have charged a man with the alleged rape and sexual assault of a 21-year-old member of a Virgin Australia flight crew on New Year's Day, a police official in the Pacific island nation said on Saturday.

Following investigations by local authorities, Fiji’s Acting Commissioner of Police Juki Fong Chew confirmed a man had been arrested and charged with one count of rape and one count of sexual assault in connection to the alleged incident, the Fiji Times reports.

The alleged attacks took place in the nightclub area of the city of Nadi, home to the international airport, officials said.

The Fiji government on Thursday said police were investigating incidents involving two crew members of Australian airline Virgin Australia who were allegedly victims of rape and theft in Nadi in the early hours of New Year's Day.

A man in Fiji has been charged over the alleged rape and sexual assault of a Virgin Australia crew member on New Year's Eve.

Australian airline Virgin Australia said on Thursday that it was aware of an incident on New Year's Eve involving its crew members in Nadi, Fiji. "We confirm police are investigating the Australian airline crew case as they were victims of theft and of allegations of rape after clubbing,