Marianas Southern Airways plans for 90 weekly flights within the CNMI and Guam

The friendly skies could soon face some fierce competition in regional air travel within the CNMI and to and from Guam. 

Marianas Southern Airways recently announced its plans to launch over 90 weekly flights within the NMI, including flights to and from Guam. The airliner will compete with Star Marianas, which provides the only inter-island commercial air travel to and from Saipan, Tinian, and Rota. KUAM News asked CNMI Gov. Ralph Torres what his take is on the competition brewing in the air at a recent press conference. 

"New airlines like Marianas Southern Airways, their background, in Hawaii and other areas in the nation, this is the type of business that we need here in the CNMI to provide better airlines, better services, more competitive services, hopefully cheaper price, I mean just the whole nine yards," he said. "I hope that this will allow other airlines to see CNMI as a potential investment and a profitable investment to bring in and the more airlines we have here the more better it is for our economy , opportunity for for our people, and more reliable transportation."