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| Founded | August 1993 | |||
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| Hubs | Pago Pago International Airport | |||
| Focus cities | Apia, Pago Pago, Ofu, Tau | |||
| Fleet size | 4 | |||
| Destinations | 8 | |||
| Company slogan | Navigators of the South Pacific | |||
| Headquarters | Pago Pago, American Samoa | |||
| 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 passenger and cargo 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.
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.
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 due to financial difficulties. 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 internationally. In June of the same year, Inter Island Airways began providing on-demand passenger air charter service between Pago Pago and Apia, Samoa. In July 2007, Inter Island Airways received Commuter Air Carrier Authorization. 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.
The year 2011 is the beginnings of air service expansion outside of the Samoan Islands as Inter Island Airways begins commercial air service to Vava'u and Nuku'alofa in the Kingdom of Tonga, and to Alofi, Niue (Pending Approvals) with the acquisition of a 30-seater Dornier 328-100 turboprop aircraft. Further air service expansion is anticipated in mid-2011 when Inter Island Airways plans to initiate flights from Pago Pago to Suva, Fiji (Pending Approvals) as well as to the Wallis and Futuna islands as Inter Island Airways adds additional Dornier 328 aircraft to its growing fleet.
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
Airport Road, Hangar 2
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)
Inter Island Airways operates daily passenger flights to/from Pago Pago and the following island airport destinations (as of January 2011)