Samoa Airways would like to respond to comments mentioned by
Samoa Hotels Association and Samoa Savaii Tourism Association President published by the
Samoa Observer on 17 th September 2020.
Samoa Airways is surprised with the comments considering that we have a very close working
relationship with STA and TTT.
The President is part of our Tourism Board and both SHA and SSTA are part of the Tourism
Taskforce Team (TTT).
Through these meetings Samoa Airways have communicated the launch of its Savai’i services.
“There was never a lack of communication on any part from the airline” said Seiuli Tupuivao
Tuala.
Over the past weeks Samoa Airways and Samoa Tourism Authority have worked together to
communicate the Savai’i services using various media channels, including Radio, TV and
Newspapers.
The approach taken was to centralize marketing and communications of the services.
“Samoa Airways is grateful to our Tourism Authority team for their efforts and support from the
industry stakeholders as SHA and SSTA for the Savai’i services to become a reality,” said Seiuli.
On the matter of airfares, Samoa Airways current one-way fare at $89, is to support the cost of
flying a return service.
“Operating cost for any flight is not cheap. The length of the flight does not change the price of
fuel or airport and passenger charges. That cost is spread over the number of seats on an aircraft,
which is far less than seats on the ferry,” he explained.
Samoa Airways will now launch services on Friday 09 th October coinciding with White Sunday
weekend.

The airline looks forward to welcoming our people on board its flights to and from Savai’i and
reiterate for support from the Savaii hoteliers by taking advantage of inclusive weekend
packages offered by the national carrier.