Australian airline, Qantas, suggested exploring a code-share arrangement that would allow it to operate flights to Samoa while Samoa Airways markets and sells tickets under its own airline code, as a “low-risk step” for the government's proposed relaunch of Samoa’s jet operations.The discussions ...
(L-R) Geoff Boston, Qantas Senior Manager Aliances, UTOS CEO Malaeulu Aysha Rimoni, Taskforce chairman Taimalie Charlie Westerlund, AG Mauga Precious Chang, Scott Zeglin Qantas Head of Commercial, Minister of Finance Mulipola Anarosa Ale-Molioo, Meg Somers of Australian High Commission to Samoa and Consul General Wendt.
(Photo: Consul General Wendt.)
By Sulamanaia Manaui Faulalo
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17 June 2026, 8:00PM
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