South Pacific Island Airways

Infobox Airline
airline = South Pacific Island Airways

logo_size = 153
fleet_size = 11
destinations = 18
IATA = HK
ICAO = SPI
callsign = SOUTH PACIFIC
parent =
company_slogan =
founded = 1970
headquarters = Pago Pago, American Samoa
key_people = George Wray (CEO)
hubs = Pago Pago Intl. Airport
Honolulu Intl. Airport
secondary_hubs =
focus_cities = Pago Pago, Am. Samoa Apia, Western Samoa Honolulu, Hawaii Agana, Guam
frequent_flyer =
lounge =
alliance =
subsidiaries =
website =

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.

Fleet

As it's peak South Pacific Island Airways fleet includes

References

* [http://www.aesdirect.gov/support/tables/iata3.txt "ICAO Codes"]
* [http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F00812FD385F0C748CDDA90994DC484D81 "SPIA grounded in 1984 for almost straying into Soviet Airspace"]
* [http://www.highbeam.com/error.asp?aspxerrorpath=/publication/ArticleList.aspx "SPIA grounded in 1985 for failing to hushkit 707s"]