Polynesian Airlines has requested another 30 day extension to cabotage exemption so it can continue domestic flights in American Samoa.
The US Government prohibits a foreign airline from flying between two US destinations, a rule known as cabotage.
Since September last year the Samoa carrier has been authorized by the US Transportation Department to fly between American Samoa's main island of Tututila and the outer Manu'a islands.
The department has been issuing 30 day approvals to Polynesian and the latest authorization expires at the end of January.
The American Samoa airline that was flying this route Inter Island Airways stopped flights in June saying its Dornier aircraft needed an engine overhaul.
In November and December, Polynesian says it performed several medical evacuations from the Manu'a Islands.
