South Pacific Island Airways

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South Pacific Island Airways

IATA HK	ICAO SPI	Callsign SOUTH PACIFIC
Founded		1970
Hubs		Pago Pago Intl. Airport Honolulu Intl. Airport
Focus cities		Pago Pago, Am. Samoa Apia, Western Samoa Honolulu, Hawaii Agana, Guam
Fleet size		11
Destinations		18
Headquarters		Pago Pago, American Samoa
Key people		George Wray (CEO)

South Pacific Island Airways (SPIA) was a regional airline operating services in and around American Samoa from the early 1970s until the FAA grounded the carrier in 1984, when it almost flew a charter flight into Soviet airspace. SPIA was allowed to continue operations after some management changes were made at the airline, but was grounded again in 1985 for some shady dealings involving hush kits on its 707s. South Pacific continued to operate limited services until it ceased operations in 1987.