Pacific Carriers To Collaborate More To Maintain Regional Air Connectivity
Airlines and regulators in the Pacific will be embarking on a strategy, that involves greater collaboration, to maintain air connectivity across the region and meet international safety, security and compliance standards. “Our vision is we are stronger collaborating together, especially…
Samoa Re-Opening Downturn Capital Airport, Creating Demand For More Turboprop Services
The Pacific island nation of Samoa plans to re-open a small airfield near downtown of the capital Apia and have turboprop flights there to other domestic airports as well as to neighbouring American Samoa. Fagalii Airport has been shuttered since…
Samoa Airways Returning 737-800 To Focus On Twin Otter Operation
The Samoa government will soon be paying 16 million Samoan tala (USD$6 million) to terminate the lease on a Boeing 737-800, the only 737 that loss-making national carrier Samoa Airways operates. Minister of Public Enterprises spokesperson, Leatinu’u Wayne So’oialo, says…
Best on the Web: Nepal’s Buddha Air , QantasLink , Samoa Airways , Alliance Air
In this issue we have an interesting round-up of news that includes an incident in Nepal today where the landing gear of a Buddha Air aircraft failed to deploy, QantasLink pilots negotiating a 2% pay rise, Samoa’s govt launching probe…
Pacific Island Tourism Unlikely To Return To Pre-COVID Levels In Next Two Years
National airlines in the Pacific face further financial difficulties, as tourism is unlikely to return to pre-COVID-19 levels for the next two years, even after the pandemic recedes. The situation is further exacerbated by the weak financial position of state-owned…
Samoa Airways Refutes Queries on Airline’s Viability
National carrier Samoa Airways has refuted claims about its difficulties in repaying debt obligations, as the airline races to complete lease negotiations on a replacement Boeing 737-800. In its response to The Samoa Observer, the airline says reports about it having…
