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Weigh more, pay more we kid you not

Well, now Samoa Air has proved you wrong. It announced on April 2 (suspiciously close to April Fools Day, although I can confirm it's not a bluff) that it's charging customers by their weight. Not a fat tax exactly, each passenger enters their ... OAG Aviation, 1 month ago
Sydney Morning Herald

Much bigger picture involved in this flight of fancy for dancers

Samoan-born, New Zealand-based choreographer Lemi Ponifasio can't remember what sort of birds they were, but he did see a flock over the Pacific island of Tarawa with black magnetic tape in their beaks. The sight of birds transporting rubbish was a ...
 Sydney Morning Herald4 weeks ago
Melbourne Age

Kayaker helping fight high suicide rate

Australian Federal Police officer Andy Warton will set out on Saturday on a dangerous kayak journey around Samoa to raise awareness about the nation's high rate of youth suicide. He has been inspired to make the first circumnavigation of the nation ...
 Melbourne Age1 month ago

'Fat fee' flies in face of humanity

Source: Supplied YOU know something has gone wrong with the notion of a user-pays society when airlines start announcing they will charge passengers extra for being overweight. This is particularly true when the airline making the changes is Samoa ...
 Brisbane Courier-Mail1 month ago

Weighing up a big fat battle

'Pay only for what you weigh!'' is the catchy new slogan at Samoa Air, where ''the sky's the limit'' for fat and thin flyers alike. The small Pacific Island airline's ''air fair'' fare is based on the combined weight of each passenger and their ...
 Donnybrook Bridgetown Mail1 month ago Academics say fat-bashing doesn't fly  Melbourne Age1 month ago
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Can airlines charge fat people more?

At the risk of making an astonishingly bad pun, aviation has a weighty issue on its hands. Samoa Air, the lilliputian airline that services the small Pacific island nation and some near neighbours has lately become the world's first carrier to ...
 Travel Weekly Australia1 month ago US Travelers Pan Pay-By-Weight Airline Pricing  Mail.com1 month ago Travelers pan pay-by-weight airline pricing  New Zealand Herald1 month ago
Islands Business

Samoan Opposition call on Attorney General to charge Finance Minister

Samoan Minister of Finance Faumuina Tiatia Liuga has acted illegally and the Attorney General should file charges against him. At a media conference Tuesday Opposition leader Palusalue Faapo II led a call by his Tautua Samoa Party for the Attorney ...
 Pacific Islands News Association19 hours ago Samoa Ministry Investigating Employee's Severe Burns  Pacific Islands Report1 month ago No charges yet on Samoa's smuggled whisky investigation  SamoaNews.com2 months ago

Samoa PM Wins Battle Over Minister, Hasn't Won The War: MP

Samoa PM Wins Battle Over Minister, Hasn't Won The War: MP Tension within ruling HRPP party continues after caucus vote APIA, Samoa (Samoa Observer, May 18, 2013) Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi may have won the battle to keep his ...
 Pacific Islands Report2 days ago

SAMOA NEWS EDITORIAL: THE ROAD TO HELL IS PAVED WITH GOOD INTENTIONS…

Rhonda Annesley, Editor in Chief & the Samoa News Editorial Staff The Fono expense report for the first 5 months of FY2013 is a melting pot of expenditures by leaders and most of the lawmakers of our territory that can only be labeled as abuse of ...
 SamoaNews.com4 days ago SAMOA NEWS EDITORIAL: FAI A OE SEI KA LE LUA…  SamoaNews.com1 week ago Samoa Market Site Partially Opened For Vendor Access  Pacific Islands Report3 weeks ago APOLOGIES TO SAMOA NEWS  SamoaNews.com3 weeks ago

ANZ fails to respond to $150 Million lawsuit

ANZ Amerika Samoa Bank has yet to respond to a lawsuit filed by Tapai Tervola, a customer who is asking for $150 million on allegations of fraud, discrimination, forgery, identity theft, fraudulent concealment or non disclosure of material facts, ...
 SamoaNews.com1 week ago
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