Title: Ambassadors of the Air: Samoa’s Low-Cost Carrier Takes Off

Language: English

Type: Document

Nature: Report

Published: July 1, 2013


Region: East Asia and Pacific

Country: Samoa

Sector: Transportation

Topic: Country Profile

Keywords: Country Profile, Knowledge Lab, Samoa, Transport, Airport

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Document Summary:

This report is extracted from Handshake Issue #10: Tourism.


Document Details:

As a small, isolated country in the Pacific, Samoa is heavily dependent on tourism for jobs and economic development. The government’s objectives for the aviation industry included providing safe, modern, efficient, and affordable international air transport to Samoa to support expansion of the tourism industry. Operating Polynesian Airlines in a commercially and financially sustainable manner was also a high government priority.

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Updated: June 27, 2022