Marianas Southern Airways has announced the long-awaited launch of its Rota\u2013Guam route and has added additional flights to its Guam\u2013Saipan route. <\/p>\n
Marianas Southern Airways, which continues to deliver on its promise to provide cost-efficient travel between the Marianas islands, has just announced additional flights to include the long-awaited Rota to Guam and Guam to Rota route. <\/p>\n
Marianas Southern Airways announced Monday that it would be providing air service between Rota and Guam twice a week starting on Feb. 13. <\/p>\n
Based on its announcement, Marianas Southern Airways will be flying from Rota to Guam twice a week with the first flight departing at 8:20am with an estimated arrival time of 8:55am while the second flight from Rota to Guam is set to depart at around 4:25pm and will arrive on Guam at around 5pm. <\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Marianas Southern Airways will have two flights from Guam to Rota twice a week, with the first flight from Guam set to depart at around 9:25am while the second flight is set to depart Guam at around 3:30pm. <\/p>\n
Aside from the Rota\u2013Guam route, Marianas Southern Airways has announced that it will be adding an additional Guam to Saipan flight which will depart Guam at around 9pm. <\/p>\n
According to Marianas Southern Airways, this will allow for same-day connections from Honolulu. <\/p>\n
Aside from Marianas Southern Airways, Star Marianas Airlines also continues to provide air service between Rota and Guam. <\/p>\n
Starting last September 2022, SMA reinstated its Rota\u2013Guam flights. This was made possible by the collaboration of Rota legislators. <\/p>\n
Back in May, Sen. Donald Manglona (Ind-Rota) wrote a letter to SMA general manager Jose Cruz, stating that his office and Sen. Paul Manglona\u2019s (Ind-Rota) are ready to fund the airfare for a CBP officer from Saipan to Rota once SMA agrees to resume flights from Rota to Guam.<\/p>\n
Manglona noted that the lack of a CBP personnel to conduct a pre-clearance check is one of the reasons flight service between Rota and Guam was temporarily suspended.<\/p>\n
Previously there were no CBP personnel stationed on Rota or Tinian, since Saipan was the only point of entry and exit for international flights.<\/p>\n
However, thanks to the agreement, a CBP officer will be flown to Rota every Tuesday and Thursday, courtesy of the offices of Sen. Paul Manglona (Ind-Rota) and Rep. Donald Manglona (Ind-Rota), to perform clearance checks, making the resumption of the Rota-Guam flights possible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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