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Polynesian Airlines

ICAO Code
PAO
Corporate Address
Polynesian Limited, Apia, Samoa,
Tel: +685 21261,
Email: enquiries@polynesianairlines.com
Website
http://www.polynesianairlines.com/
Main hub
Apia Fagali I Airport
Country
Samoa
Business model
Regional/Commuter

Polynesian Airlines was founded in 1959 by Captain Sir Reginald Barnewall, an Australian airline captain who had previously managed an airline called Southern Airlines in Melbourne and Samoan businessman Eugene Paul. Polynesian Airlines previously operated jet services linking Samoa with Auckland, Wellington, Sydney, Melbourne, Los Angeles, Honolulu, Nadi, Rarotonga, Papeete, Tongatapu, Niue and Pago Pago.

With the establishment of Polynesian Blue (since rebranded as Virgin Samoa), a joint venture airline between the Government of Samoa and Australia’s low-cost airline, Virgin Blue in Oct-2005, Polynesian Airlines’ operation was downscaled. The airline’s main focus now includes short haul operations from its hub, Fagalii Airport to Pago Pago in American Samoa and on-demand charter services to Maota and Asau domestic airstrips on the big island of Savaii and other neighboring island countries such as Tonga and Niue. Other key components of the airline’s business include the provision of ground handling services for Air New Zealand and Air Pacific and non-commercial operators flying into Faleolo International Airport and General Sales Agency services for Polynesian Blue in Samoa and American Samoa and Pacific Blue New Zealand in Tonga.

Location of Polynesian Airlines main hub (Apia Fagali I Airport)

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