SUVA, March 18 (Xinhua) -- The Nadi International Airport in Fiji has achieved Level 2 Airport Carbon Accreditation from Airports Council International (ACI) which is a great achievement for the island nation.

According to Fiji Broadcasting Corporation (FBC) on Monday, Fiji Airports Executive Chair Faiz Khan said this latest achievement was a testimony of Nadi International Airport's positive contribution towards the mitigation of climate change.

Nadi is Fiji's third largest city and is popular for tourists. Nadi International Airport is the main international airport for Fiji as well as an important regional hub for the South Pacific islands.

It is the main hub of Fiji Airways and its domestic and regional subsidiary Fiji Link. In 2016, the airport handled 2,697,504 passengers on international and domestic flights. It handles about 97 percent of international visitors to Fiji, of which 85 percent are tourists.

Khan said Nadi International Airport has received two major ACI recognitions within one month, which is a fantastic achievement by the entire team at Fiji Airports.

Khan said that the transformed and modern Nadi International Airport has a state of the art Building Management System, LED lights and there is more focus on natural light throughout the terminal.

The Airport Carbon Accreditation is a global carbon management program. It independently assesses and recognizes airports'efforts to manage and reduce their carbon emissions.

Meanwhile, there are four different levels of accreditation: Mapping, Reduction, Optimisation and Neutrality.