South_Pacific_Air_Lines

South Pacific Air Lines

South Pacific Air Lines

Defunct airline

For the fictional airline, see Snakes on a Plane.

South Pacific Air Lines (SPAL) was an airline headquartered in the Financial District of San Francisco, California. The airline began service between Honolulu and Tahiti on April 2, 1960. In 1963 its fleet consisted of two Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation propliners.[1] SPAL also previously operated Short Solent flying boat aircraft during the late 1950s.[2]

According to its May 16, 1962 system timetable, the airline was operating two routes: Honolulu - Papeete, Tahiti with one round trip nonstop flight a week and Honolulu - Pago Pago - Papeete, Tahiti also flown round trip once a week with both services being operated with L-1049 Super Constellation aircraft with the flight between Honolulu and Pago Pago also offering flag stop service into Canton Island.[3][4][5]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "World Airline Survey." Flight International. April 1963. 540.
  2. [2]
    "Aviation Photo #0094276: Short S-45 Solent 3 - South Pacific Airlines".
  3. [3]
    http://www.timetableimages.com, May 16, 1962 South Pacific Air Lines (SPAL) system timetable
  4. [4]
    "South Pacific Air Lines - SPAL".
  5. [5]
    https://www.timetableimages.com/i-s/spal62i.jpg


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