thumb|[[Short 360 at Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport in 2004]]

thumb|[[Short 360 in 2004]]

Pacific Island Aviation (PIA) was a commuter airline headquartered on the second floor of the Cabrera Center in Garapan, Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands. It operated passenger and cargo services. Its main base was Saipan International Airport. PIA's last flight was February 9, 2005.

Services

As of January 2005 Pacific Island Aviation operated the following services:

  • Guam (U.S.)
  • Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport
  • Northern Mariana Islands (U.S.)
  • Rota (Rota International Airport)
  • Saipan (Saipan International Airport)

(Services to Tinian International Airport on Tinian were suspended before the airline went out of business.)

Incidents and accidents

  • 27 October 1992 - Pacific Island Aviation Cessna 310R aircraft, at Saipan, two fatalities.

Fleet

As of March 2005 the Pacific Island Aviation fleet included:

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! rowspan="2"| Type

! rowspan="2"| Total

! colspan="4" | Passengers

! rowspan="2"| Operation

|-

! <abbr title="First">F</abbr>

! <abbr title="Premium Economy">Y+</abbr>

! <abbr title="Economy">Y</abbr>

! Total

|-

|Short 360

|3

|&mdash;

|&mdash;

|30

|30

|All operated for Northwest Airlink

|-

|}

See also

  • List of defunct airlines of the United States
  • Freedom Air (Guam), another defunct airline operated from 1974 to 2013

References

  • via Wayback Machine