PAGO PAGO (Samoa News/PINA) — The Samoan government’s 2002/2003 budget includes more than $2 million for Polynesian Airlines.
Sources and media reports out of Apia said that the budget includes some $2.6 million cash infusion for the Samoa government-owned airline.
Minister of Finance Misa Telefoni Retzlaff is quoted as saying this is an “infrastructure development” for Polynesian, which faced difficulties created by the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in the U.S.
Polynesian’s Boeing 737-800 services provide links with two of Samoa’s major tourism markets, Australia and New Zealand. The airline also operates international services to Honolulu, Tonga, French Polynesia and American Samoa, as well as domestic flights.
