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| Founded | 1959 (as Polynesian Airlines) | ||||||
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| Hubs | Faleolo International Airport | ||||||
| Fleet size | 3 | ||||||
| Destinations | 3 | ||||||
| Parent company | Government of Samoa | ||||||
| Headquarters | Apia, Samoa | ||||||
| Key people | Peni (CEO) | ||||||
| Website | https://samoaairways.com/ | ||||||
Samoa Airways, formerly Polynesian Airlines, is the flag carrier of Samoa.
The airline was founded in 1959 as "Polynesian Airlines", providing domestic and international flights throughout the South Pacific. International operations were temporarily halted in 2005 and taken over by new airline Polynesian Blue (later Virgin Samoa), before resuming international flights under the new name of "Samoa Airways" in late 2017.
Samoa Airways is wholly owned by the government of Samoa and is based in the capital city of Apia, with its headquarters located in the Samoa Methodist Church Building on Beach Road and its primary hub at Faleolo International Airport. The airline presently operates short-haul flights within Samoa and American Samoa, however it no longer serves long-haul flights to Australia and New Zealand after the company ceased jet operations in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.