US DOT revokes “without prejudice” Inter Island Airways authorization for “scheduled flights”
The US Department of Transportation has revoked “without prejudice” the authorization certificate for Inter Island Airways to operate “scheduled flights” after the locally based carrier has not con

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![Cast members of the ASCC 2017 theatrical production “In The Heights” rehearse the Carnaval De Barrio scene. The play, set in the Dominican-American neighborhood of Washington Heights in New York City, will take place this coming Tuesday and Wednesday, May 2 and 3, in the Gov. H. Rex Lee Auditorium. Doors open at 6 p.m. and the show gets underway at 7:30. See story inside. [Photo: K. Tuiasosopo] Cast members of the ASCC 2017 theatrical production “In The Heights” rehearse the Carnaval De Barrio scene. The play, set in the Dominican-American neighborhood of Washington Heights in New York City, will take place this coming Tuesday and Wednesday, May 2 and 3, in the Gov. H. Rex Lee Auditorium. Doors open at 6 p.m. and the show gets underway at 7:30. See story inside. [Photo: K. Tuiasosopo]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/ASCC%20In%20The%20Heights%20-%20Cast.jpg?itok=2wk3Dot1)
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