Airlines / Samoa
Samoa Airways is an airline from Samoa, founded in 1959. Its codes are OL (IATA) and PAO (ICAO), and its radio callsign is “POLYNESIAN”.
Lifeline
- Samoa Airways 1959–today
What the codes mean
The two-character IATA code is the one on tickets, boarding passes and flight numbers (OL 123). The three-letter ICAO code is used in flight plans and by air traffic control. The radio callsign is what pilots and controllers say on the radio: a flight filed as PAO123 is called “POLYNESIAN one two three”.
Airports in Samoa
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