Virgin Samoa
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Founded | October 2005 (as Polynesian Blue) | ||||||
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Ceased operations | 12 November 2017 | ||||||
Operating bases | CEO | ||||||
Website | virginaustralia.com/samoa |
Virgin Samoa, formerly Polynesian Blue, was the
History
In 2005
.The airline was owned by Virgin Australia Holdings (49%), the Government of Samoa (49%) and Grey Investment Group (2%).[2][3]
Virgin Blue Holdings rebranded its airlines under the new Virgin Australia name in 2011, later renaming itself Virgin Australia Holdings.[4] Polynesian Blue was rebranded Virgin Samoa and a new livery was unveiled for one of the Boeing 737-800s operated by Virgin Australia (NZ) - which features traditional Samoan tattoos on the engines, designed by Tuifa’asisina Tolouena Sua. Cabin crew uniforms were also redesigned to feature the new imagery.[5]
In 2015 Virgin Australia decided to relinquish its New Zealand Air Operators Certificate with all New Zealand registered aircraft, including the Virgin Samoa branded aircraft, transferred to the Australian register.[6]
In May 2017, the
Destinations
Before its cessation on 12 November 2017, Virgin Samoa operated scheduled passenger flights from Apia to the following destinations:
Country | City | Airport |
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Australia | Brisbane | Brisbane Airport |
Australia | Sydney | Sydney Airport |
New Zealand | Auckland | Auckland Airport |
Fleet
Virgin Samoa did not own any of its own aircraft. All flights were operated on behalf of Virgin Samoa by
Aircraft | In Fleet | Orders | J | Y |
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Boeing 737-800 | 1 | 0 | 8[12] | 168 |
See also
References
- ^ "Virgin Samoa Is Now The New National Airline of Samoa". 7 December 2011. Archived from the original on 14 November 2013.
- ^ Virgin Blue picks up Samoa flights Archived 3 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine CNN 14 July 2005
- ^ Sydney Morning Herald25 May 2017
- ^ "Virgin Australia rebrands its Pacific carriers". The New Zealand Herald. 8 December 2011. Archived from the original on 8 January 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
- ^ Mike Gisick (7 December 2011). "Polynesian Blue to become Virgin Samoa". Australian Aviation. Archived from the original on 14 January 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
- ^ "Virgin completes transfer of NZ 737s onto Australian AOC". Australian Aviation. 19 March 2015. Archived from the original on 29 March 2015. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
- ^ Govt drops Virgin Archived 21 May 2017 at the Wayback Machine Samoa Observer 18 May 2017
- ^ PM defends axing of Virgin Archived 21 May 2017 at the Wayback Machine Samoa Observer 19 May 2017
- ^ Virgin Australia mulling over next step in Samoa Archived 22 May 2017 at the Wayback Machine Radio New Zealand 23 May 2017
- ^ Samoa poised to end joint venture with Virgin Archived 27 May 2017 at the Wayback Machine Radio New Zealand 16 May 2017
- ^ Virgin Australia confirms plans to fly to Australia Virgin Australia 1 September 2017
- ^ a b "VH-YID. Boeing 737-8FE. c/n 38709-3851". Aussie Airliners. Archived from the original on 11 April 2015. Retrieved 5 March 2015.