Inter Island Airways

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Inter Island Airways
IATA
-		 ICAO
-		 Callsign
'Inter Island'
Founded August 1993
Hubs Pago Pago International Airport
Focus cities Apia, Pago Pago, Ofu, Tau
Subsidiaries Inter Island Vacations
Fleet size 3
Destinations 4
Parent company Samoa Technologies
Company slogan The island navigators
Headquarters Pago Pago, American Samoa
Key people Alex Sene, Jr (President), Barney Sene (Exec Vice President)
Website: www.interislandair.com

Inter Island Airways (also known as Inter Island Air) is a South Pacific regional airline based in Pago Pago, American Samoa. Inter Island Airways operates scheduled and charter passenger flights in and between American Samoa, Independent Samoa and to neighboring Pacific island countries. Its main base of operations is at Pago Pago International Airport.[1]

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Inter Island Airways was established in August 1993 as an FAA Part 135 On-Demand Air Taxi Carrier. Inter Island Airways received its air carrier certificate in September 1995 and began providing domestic passenger and cargo air service between Pago Pago (Tutuila Island), Ofu and Tau (in the Manu'a Islands). The airline initiated on-demand passenger service with two 9-seater Aero Commander aircraft.


Photo: Inter Island Airways original aircraft fleet and Aircraft Hangar (in Pago Pago) in September 1995

The airline suspended air operations in late 1997 to focus its attention on expanding its facilities, and acquiring a modern aircraft fleet starting with a new STOL type 19-seater Dornier 228-212 aircraft in April 1998.

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Photo: Inter Island Air Dornier 228 at Tau Airport, Manu'a Islands of American Samoa in November 2003

In November 2003, Inter Island Airways restarted flight operations (initially with Las Vegas, Nevada based Vision Airlines) when Samoa Air suspended airline operations in September of the same year. The airline provided domestic on-demand charter passenger and cargo air service between Pago Pago, Ofu and Tau.

In January 2005, Inter Island Airways re-obtained its own Part 135 air carrier certificate and began expanding international. In June of the same year, Inter Island Airways began providing on-demand passenger air charter service between Pago Pago and Apia, Independent Samoa. In July 2007, Inter Island Airways received Commuter Air Carrier Authorization for scheduled passenger service.

Inter Island Airways expanded its fleet in February 2005 with the acquisition of a 9-seater Britten-Norman Islander BN2B-26. In December 2006, an additional 19-seater Dornier 228-212 aircraft was acquired.

Inter Island Vacations (www.interislandvacations.com) provides all reservations and flight bookings on Inter Island Airways.

Inter Island Airways is privately owned.

Inter Island Airways, Inc.
Pago Pago International Airport
P.O. Box 4929
Pago Pago, American Samoa 96799 USA
1.684.699.7100 (Reservations)
1.684.699.5700 (office/maintenance)
1.684.699.7600 (fax)
travel@interislandvacations.com (e-mail Reservations)
info@interislandair.com (e-mail Information)

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Inter Island Airways operates daily passenger flights to/from Pago Pago and the following island airport destinations (as of 2003):[citation needed]

[edit] Fleet

The Inter Island Airways' aircraft fleet consist of (at March 2007)[1] :

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  1. ^ a b "Directory: World Airlines", Flight International, 2007-04-03, p. 93.