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	Polynesian Airlines - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		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.
		The Polynesian Airlines fleet consists of the following at (at August 2005).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Polynesian_Airlines (146 words)

	Asia: Country Report
		At the request of the state-owned Polynesian Airlines, Samoa's Supreme Court blocked distribution of the February 16 edition of the Samoa Observer by serving a temporary injunction against the paper.
		Polynesian Airlines had sought the injunction to block news that the company was spending large sums of money to provide cash advances and allowances for senior staff.
		Polynesian Airlines contended that the Observer's opinion piece "Nothing Illegal, or Does Polynesian Have Something to Hide?" and a letter to the editor headlined "Polynesian and the IOC," both of which appeared in the paper's February 28 edition, violated an earlier court order.
	www.cpj.org /attacks99/asia99/Samoa.html (653 words)

	Passenger Opinions about Polynesian Airlines
		I have flown Polynesian Airlines from Auckland New Zealand Papeete.
		I must comment on the service a Polynesian Airlines agent in Los Angeles offered me. When I called she was more than willing to help me. I give Polynesian Airlines two thumbs up for everything and for making my short vacation an event of a lifetime.
		Polynesian Airlines is potentially a powerful South Pacific carrier yet is held back by political and cultural mindsets that will take generations to change.
	www.airlinequality.com /Forum/poly.htm (2301 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		It is unclear whether Polynesian made demands for the payment of this debt prior to the filing of this complaint.
		Polynesian has been withholding CDI's commissions and applying them against the debt, and claims that the debt is presently $7,541.25.
		The accumulated credits claimed by CDI against the original debt to Polynesian would bring that debt down to a figure of $2,889.54 at most, or a difference of at least $4,651.71 from Polynesian's claim that the debt is $7,541.25.
	www.asbar.org /Cases/27ASR2d/27ASR2d69.htm (651 words)

	Boeing news release: Polynesian Airlines First In Region To Take Boeing 737-800 With Winglets
		Polynesian is the first airline in the South Pacific to fly the 737-800 with winglets that reduce drag and boost fuel efficiency.
		Polynesian Airlines took delivery of its first 737-800 last November and will retrofit blended winglets on that airplane next month.
		Since Polynesian's first 737-800 entered service in November 2000, it has maintained the highest utilization rate in the entire Boeing 737 fleet -- averaging more than 12.5 hours per day -- with a schedule reliability rate of nearly 100 percent.
	www.boeing.com /news/releases/2001/q3/nr_010928a.html (329 words)

	Virgin, Samoa to take new Blue to the world - Business - www.smh.com.au
		The airline's chief commercial officer, Stefan Pichler, said talk of a new airline was premature.
		Polynesian Airlines uses 154-passenger 737-800s internationally and it is still unclear if Virgin Blue will bring some of its own 737 aircraft into the new venture.
		Polynesian Airlines was managed and partly financed by Ansett between 1982 and 1992 before being taken over by Samoa-based management.
	www.smh.com.au /news/Business/Virgin-Samoa-to-take-new-Blue-to-the-world/2004/12/28/1103996548673.html (377 words)

	Story
		Polynesian Airlines chief executive officer, Malopaia John Fitzgerald announced Monday that the Samoan government owned airline will launch its first flight from Pago Pago to Tonga tomorrow, utilizing its new Dash 8 plane.
		He said Polynesian expects the aircraft "to produce profitable results from those initial services and we have further plans in the 'design stage' that will see the utilization of this Dash 8 aircraft at an optimum".
		"Our aim is to make Polynesian Airlines, a carrier of which we can all be proud of and the fleet improvement, with the Dash 8, is but one stop towards that goal," said Fitzgerald and extend thanks to the airline's customers in American Samoa for their continued support.
	www.samoanews.com /wednesday.11032004/WEothernews/story5.html (1138 words)

	Pacific Islands travel: one stop online reservation system and information on south pacific travel
		Polynesian Airlines, the national carrier of Samoa, has seen much growth since this nation gained independence in 1962.
		The airline flies from Apia, Samoa's capital, to eight international destinations - Auckland and Wellington; Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney; Nadi; and Pago Pago in American Samoa.
		Also, Polynesian Airlines offers Boeing 767 service out of Honolulu and Los Angeles to Apia on a code share basis with Air New Zealand.
	www.pacificislands.com /airlines/polynesian.html (111 words)

	LOCAL NEWS: STORY \| Samoa Observer Online: The Information Portal of Samoa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Government-owned Polynesian Airlines is about to declare its record first profit in decades - a staggering $3 million.
		Polynesian Blue's board is made up of five directors, two from Polynesian Airlines and three from Virgin Blue including the Chief Executive Officer;
		He's aware that there are people who may like the idea of Polynesian Airlines being run and operated by another carrier but that's to be expected.
	www.samoaobserver.ws /news/local/ln0505/2005ln001.htm (455 words)

	Polynesian, Peau Vava'u, plan new inter-island air service (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		A joint venture between Polynesian Airlines and the Peau Vava'u Airways, to provide a connecting service between Tonga and Samoa, through Vava'u, is in the pipeline.
		Moli said last week that Polynesian Airlines management were in town and they expected to finalise their plans by this week.
		With regards to basic airline safety requirements Viliami did not think that it was going to be an issue because Polynesian Airlines currently complies under the New Zealand Civil Aviation Authority, which Tonga follows too.
	www.matangitonga.to /article/tonganews/tourism.travel/Poly251004.shtml (324 words)

	Search Results for Polynesian - Encyclopædia Britannica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Perhaps the best-known lower-level subgroup of Austronesian languages is Polynesian, which is remarkable for its wide geographic spread yet close relationship.
		Small populations speaking Polynesian languages live within the geographic areas of Melanesia and Micronesia, on islands in the Caroline, Solomon, and Vanuatu groups.
		Samoans are mainly of Polynesian heritage, and about nine-tenths of the population are ethnic Samoans.
	www.britannica.com /search?query=Polynesian&submit=Find&source=MWTEXT (434 words)

	XTRAMSN: "Polynesian Blue" To Fly The South Pacific
		Polynesian Blue will be 49% owned by the Samoan Government, 49% owned by Virgin Blue and the remaining 2% will be held by an independent Samoan shareholder.
		Polynesian Blue aircraft will be operated by New Zealand based Pacific Blue and pilots and cabin crew are being recruited from within Polynesian Airlines as well as externally.
		The first Polynesian Blue flight from New Zealand to Samoa (with connections from Australia) is expected to take off in late October (subject to final Government approvals), with the carrier to start selling seats in September via www.virginblue.com.au and www.polynesianblue.com.
	xtramsn.co.nz /news/0,,12078-4567868-43_12722_true,00.html (390 words)

	Samoan Business News
		Polynesian airlines is officially opening its business lounge at Faleolo Airport when the new airport extension is officially opened by the Government today.This is the first time that Faleolo airport will have an airline lounge.This will be welcomed by the business class passengers as before they did not have any special treatment.
		Samoalive,29 Apr) Polynesian airlines is making money and planning to have direct flights to Australia and NZ.PAL made SAT$4.1 miilion for the year ending June 1999.The proposed expansion of the PAL operations is based on the addition of 737s later this year.
		Polynesian Airlines prepares for take off as it builds up its financial and marketing management team in time for the new aircraft expected later this year.
	www.samoalive.com /samoan_business_news.htm (3299 words)

	Service Onboard (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		On board the flight Polynesian Airlines offers you a choice of fine cuisine along with a top class selection of wines.
		The Polynesian Airlines Flight Routings, Meals Services and Sector Times/Distances are provided in the timetable.
		Polynesian Airlines was the first carrier in the South Pacific to initiate non-smoking on all its flights and we would like to remind our customers of this.
	www.pacificislandtravel.com /airlines/polynesian_airlines/onboard.html (280 words)

	Story
		Polynesian Airlines has requested the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to extend its current exemption to continue operating intra-American Samoa flights for the next 30 days.
		Polynesian also requested DOT to allow the carrier to transport cargo and mail, because Village Aviation is no longer providing this service.
		In a separate letter, also dated yesterday, Polynesian said there was no objection to its application after polling carriers who were served with notice of the airline's intention of continuing Manu'a flights.
	www.samoanews.com /tuesday.10262004/TUothernews/story4.html (673 words)

	Honolulu Star-Bulletin Business (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Polynesian Airlines on Saturday will resume the Samoa-Hawaii service it dropped a decade ago, running a 154-seat Boeing 737-800 twice a week between the Samoa capital, Apia, and Honolulu.
		The airline, owned mostly by the government of the independent country formerly known as Western Samoa, flew to Hawaii in the early 1990s but in recent years has sent its Hawaii passengers aboard Air New Zealand, Qantas and Air Pacific flights under code-share agreements.
		The airline's 737-800 is a new version of the Boeing 737 that flies farther, higher and with better fuel efficiency than earlier models.
	starbulletin.com /2000/11/21/business/story3.html (200 words)

	Samoa - Press Releases - American Samoa Government Office of the Governor - Flights between Tutuila and Manu'a
		The recent problem that Tutuila and Manu'a travelers experience with Polynesian airlines is that there is only one functioning aircraft.
		Polynesian Airlines has offered to use the Polynesian Aircraft, "Islander", which is currently used to service transportation from Maota, Savaii to Fagalii, Upolu.
		"I want to thank Polynesian for their commitment in making this possible, because Polynesian is cutting down their transportation from Maota to Fagalii, to accommodate Tutuila and the Manu'a Islands." states Acting Governor Sunia.
	www.samoan-sensation.com /20040615-asggov-polyair.html (430 words)

	Polynesian Airlines -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Polynesian Airlines -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
		The Polynesian Airlines fleet consists of 1 (additional info and facts about Boeing 737-800) Boeing 737-800 (at April 2005).
		It previously operated 2 (additional info and facts about Boeing 767) Boeing 767, 4 (additional info and facts about Boeing 737-300) Boeing 737-300 and another Boeing 737-800, all of which have been disposed of.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/p/po/polynesian_airlines.htm (81 words)

	TongaHoliday.com :: News :: New flights to Tonga (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Polynesian Airlines this week will boost flights to Tonga from Australia and New Zealand.
		The Director of the Tonga Visitors Bureau, Va'inga Palu, said today that the extra flights by Polynesian was a vote of confidence in the Tonga tourism industry.
		"We congratulate Polynesian Airlines on its move to increase flights and the TVB will be boosting its marketing efforts in a bid to assist all airlines to increase the traffic flow into our Kingdom."
	www.tongaholiday.com /news/aaaapoly.php (192 words)

	Tonga at the Crossroads
		This is highlighted by the fact that the majority of the passengers were Tongan, which indicates that the airline was unsuccessful in penetrating the market.
		Another factor contributing to the demise of the airline is highlighted by Julie Middleton of the NZ Herald, who reports that Ivana, a New Zealand born Tongan, had boycotted Royal Tongan Airlines because of the ban on newspapers and broadcasters that were seen to be unsympathetic to the Government or the Royal Family.
		According to the Matangi Tonga, Tonga’s news magazine, the airline problem has been further aggravated by a political reaction from the public following a call to boycott the airline when government pushed ahead and ignored the Constitution and passed legislation to control Free Speech and the Freedom of the Press.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/current_events_pacific_islands/108282 (520 words)

	Australian Financial Review - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Polynesian Airlines will continue to operate its existing turboprop aircraft and ground handling divisions.
		The first Polynesian Blue flight from New Zealand to Samoa is expected to take off late October with the carrier to start selling seats in September through its internet sites.
		Polynesian Blue aircraft will be operated by Virgin Blue's New Zealand based operation, Pacific Blue, while pilots and cabin crew will be recruited both within Polynesian Airlines and externally.
	afr.com /articles/2005/07/14/1120934340962.html (260 words)

	Virgin Blue, Polynesian Airlines forming joint venture (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		These established airlines qualified as bidders based on experience in the efficient and successful management and the operation and maintenance of an international airline.
		The Polynesian Airlines transaction is part of a broader government strategy for reforming state-owned enterprises to promote economic stability and higher growth through the private sector.
		IFC received a mandate from the government in 2004 to undertake a strategic review of the airline and undertake a process of private sector participation in the airline’s operations, which would reduce and eventually eliminate state support for the sector.
	www.matangitonga.to /article/spnews/pacificislands/virgin140205.shtml (481 words)

	CNN.com - Virgin Blue picks up Samoa flights - Jul 14, 2005
		A joint venture company named Polynesian Blue is being set up, owned 49 percent each by Virgin Blue and the Samoan government, with the remaining two percent held by an independent Samoan shareholder.
		Polynesian Blue will be operated by New Zealand-based Pacific Blue, the international arm that Virgin Blue set up in 2004 year to fly from Australia to New Zealand and South Pacific destinations, including Fiji.
		In a statement issued Thursday, Virgin Blue CEO Brett Godfrey called the venture an "exciting project" and said the airline was happy to be partnering with the Samoan government to offer a viable airline option to tourists and the Samoan people.
	www.cnn.com /2005/BUSINESS/07/14/samoa.virginblue (391 words)

	OPINIONS: EDITORIAL \| Samoa Observer Online: The Information Portal of Samoa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Samoa’s Polynesian Airlines could not have been around at a better time for the folks in neighboring American Samoa.
		As a frequent traveller, it’s an uplifting feeling to see "Polynesian, Airline of Samoa" taxing to the terminal at Auckland Airport, amid a sea of different airlines.
		It is the airline of Samoa, and all Samoans.
	www.samoaobserver.ws /news/opinions/op1004/1310op001.htm (579 words)

	Samoa - Polynesian Airlines (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Polynesian Airlines is Samoa's national airline servicing flights from Apia to many South Pacific destinations including Auckland, Sydney, Honolulu, Tahiti, Tonga, and Pago Pago.
		Inflight Entertainment: Polynesian Airlines present the latest in hit movies and an extensive audio network with Classical, Easy Listening, Pacific, Children, Gospel, Country and Western and Greatest hits.
		A Polynesian Airlines inflight magazine, 'Polynesia', is complimentary to all travellers.
	www.talpacific.com /samoa/airpolynesian (269 words)

	Friendly Islands Kayak Company - E-mail Newsletter #7 (January 2003)
		Polynesian Airlines and Royal Tongan Airlines also fly direct to Tonga from Sydney once a week.
		Air Canada and United Airlines operate from Vancouver or Toronto to Los Angeles connecting with Air New Zealand's weekly flight via Apia, Samoa.
		Polynesian Airlines operates once weekly from Apia, Samoa.
	www.fikco.com /emailnews7.htm (1367 words)

	Airlines of the World part 1 of 2 - US, Canada, Mexico, Central and South America, and Australia
		If the airline does not have an official site, personal sites are used.
		For the person who works in the aviation sector, it give you a chance to see what's new, or even if they are employment opportunities.
		Many airlines have not yet gone online, yet an individual may run an unofficial site.
	www.robinsfyi.com /aviation/airlines/airlines.htm (236 words)

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