South Pacific Island Airways (SPIA) was an airline operating services in and around American Samoa from 1973 to 1987. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) grounded the carrier in 1984 when it almost flew a charter flight into the airspace of the Soviet Union. 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.
headquarter
Hawaii, Honolulu
hub airport
Honolulu International Airport, Pago Pago International Airport
IATA code
HK
ICAO code
SPI
industry
Aviation
target airport
Samoa, Hagåtña Guam, Apia, Pago Pago, American Samoa
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