Samoa Airways makes further redundancy payouts for former staff

Apia, SAMOA — Samoa's financially strapped national airline, Samoa Airways, will spend a further $3 million tālā to pay unpaid redundancy entitlements for 30 staff who lost jobs during the closure of international borders.

Interim Chief Executive, Fauo'o Fatu Tielu, said staff were hired to work on a now aborted proposed jet airplane service to reboot international routes.

He added there are still 140 staff working for the airline, which currently only flies between the Samoas and domestically.

Fauo'o also warned there may still be more staff cuts in future adding that some staff have yet to be fully compensated for redundancy entitlements.