Air Pacific announces new service from Apia to Honolulu

Managing Director and CEO, John Campbell, announced that Air Pacific will introduce a new service between Apia and Honolulu beginning Friday, 11 September 2009.

The flight will operate with Boeing 737-800 aircraft with 8 seats in Tabua Business Class and 152 in Pacific Voyager Class. The new flights will add a third weekly Apia-Nadi service and will make travel throughout theSouth Pacific even easier. For Samoans, access to Honolulu and the mainland U.S. will now be more affordable and convenient. Mr. Campbell said, "Air Pacific’s flights to Apia have been successful and the extension to Honolulu is important for both business and leisure travelers. We have a substantial presence in the region and are happy to be able to increase our services to Samoa."

The route between Fiji and Samoa serves as an important link for government, business and student’s, as well as serving the tourism industry in the Pacific islands. The northbound schedule for the new flights provides excellent connections from Sydney, Brisbane, Auckland, Tonga and Suva. The southbound flights will provide easy connections back to Suva