Polynesian Airlines
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Stands Down Pilots
Withdrawal in August of the certificate of airworthiness for its chartered DC4 aircraft threw the Apia-based Polynesian Air lines Ltd. into confusion. The airline quickly revamped all its schedules using only its two remaining DC3’s, and stood down, temporarily, most of its pilots and engineers.
Polynesian’s chairman of direc tors, Mr. E. F. Paul, said the airline could not bear the burden of paying all its salaried staff while it remained short of equip ment, with a grounded DC4.
Hopes were that an aircraft similar to Fiji Airways’ HS 748 could be chartered to replace the DC4.