Polynesian Airlines is the national airline of Samoa and is based in Apia, the Samoan capital city. It has been announced that from October 2005, Polynesian Airlines will become a domestic airline, and the international routes and jet aircraft will be taken over by a new airline Polynesian Blue, owned 49% by the Samoan Government, 49% by Virgin Blue and 2% by other Samoan interests. This work is copyrighted. ... A Boeing 747-400 of Virgin Atlantic Airways, one of the UKs largest airlines. ... Apia Apia, population 38,800 (2001), is the capital of Samoa. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ... Virgin Blue is an Australian domestic low-cost airline founded by the British businessman Sir Richard Bransons Virgin Group. ...

Code Data

• IATA Code: PH
• ICAO Code: PAO
• Callsign: Polynesian

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Services

It flies to eight international destinations: Auckland and Wellington in New Zealand, Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney in Australia, Nadi in Fiji, Pago Pago in American Samoa, Honolulu and Los Angeles in the United States on a code share basis with Air New Zealand. Auckland, in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest urban area in New Zealand. ... Wellington (Te Whanganui-a-Tara or Poneke) is the capital city of New Zealand and the countrys third-largest urban area. ... Brisbane by night Brisbane is the capital city of the state of Queensland, Australia. ... Melbourne is the capital and largest city of the state of Victoria, and the second largest city in Australia, with a population of 3,600,650 in the Melbourne metropolitan area (June 2004) and 61,670 in the City of Melbourne (which covers only the central city area). ... Sydney Harbour looking south from the vicinity of the Sydney Harbour Bridge towards the CBD skyline; the Opera House is visible in the background on the left. ... Nadi (Nahn-dee) is the third-largest town in Fiji. ... Pago Pago, pronounced PAHNG-oh PAHNG-oh, is the capital of American Samoa, a territory of the United States of America. ... Honolulu International Airport is the principal aviation gateway of the City & County of Honolulu and the State of Hawaii and identified as one of the busiest airports in the United States. ... This article is the most common use of LAX. For other uses, see LAX (disambiguation). ... Air New Zealand is a major scheduled passenger airline based in New Zealand. ...

Fleet

The Polynesian Airlines fleet consists of the following at (at August 2005). 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ...

1 Boeing 737-800 737 in new Boeing Colors. ...

External Links

• Polynesian Airlines
• Polynesian Airlines Jet Fleet Detail
• The Age article about new airline