Air Niugini Management welcomes decision by Union Members for No Strike Action
Air Niugini Management has welcomed the decision made by members of the National Airline Employees Association to not to be involved in any illegal industrial action during the festive period. The NAEA members threatened to go on strike over their request for a K1000 per fortnight housing allowance, a 54% increase on their existing allowance,…
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Air Niugini Resumes Fokker Services To Mt Hagen For Peak Period Only
Air Niugini has resumed jet operations using its Fokker 70/100 aircrafts to Mt Hagen only for the peak period.This will cater for the high number of passengers traveling during this time. Air Niugini services to Mt Hagen were downgraded to Dash 8 aircraft in June 2019 to cater for maintenance work on the airport by the National Airports Corporation (NAC).
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Air Niugini Extends Dangerous Goods Training In The Pacific
Air Niugini has extended its Dangerous Goods (DG) training to include other organisations within the Pacific region commencing with Pohnpei in Micronesia and recently, Port Vila, Vanuatu. Dangerous goods are articles or substances that pose hazard to health, safety, property and environment. Air Niugini Non-Technical Training Instructor, Martin Tugano who conducted the training said there was positive feedback with overwhelming interests from participants. A total 33 participants from the Vanuatu Terminal Services (VTS), Civil Aviation Authority Vanuatu (CAAV) and Aviation Vanuatu Ltd (AVL) Aviation Securities attended the training in Port Vila from November 27 to December 2, 2019.
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Air Niugini Opens New Sales Office At Waigani Central
Air Niugini has opened a new sales office today (Thursday 12th December) which is conveniently located at the Waigani Central Stop n Shop Complex, ensuring easy access and ample parking for customers. The sales office at Datec building, Waigani is now closed and relocated to the Stop n Shop complex. Air Niugini Managing Director, Alan Milne said this new facility is the airline�s flagship, paving way for continuous, enhanced customer services and overall customer experience.
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Notice Of Office Closure
To Our Valued Customers, �Air Niugini Waigani Sales Office are in the process of relocating to their new office located at Waigani Central (Stop n Shop Complex). The new office will open on Tuesday 03rd of December, 2019. �In the meantime, their staff will be positioned at the Airport Ticketing offices and BTC, Waterfront Foodworld. �Please feel free to call the following numbers for your travel requirements;
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Air Niugini Offers Dangerous Goods Training To External Customers
Air Niugini is the only organization in the country offering Dangerous Goods(DG) training to external clients under the airline�s Part 141 training organization and issues certificates and licenses under Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) Civil Aviation Rule(CAR) part 92. A recent DG training conducted at the airline�s training centre at 7 mile in Port Moresby saw a total twenty (20) participants from eight organisations, among them nine personnel from the Papua New Guinea Defense Force Air Transport Wing. Also in attendance were staff from Ok Tedi Mining Limited, Hevi-Lift PNG Limited, Central Aviation, Heli Solutions, Nacap PNG, Keris Cargo and Air Niugini.
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Female Gets Top Post In Airport & Cargo Operations In Australia
Air Niugini has recently appointed Ms Maree Keygan as the Australian Airports Regional manager based at Cairns International airport in Cairns, Australia. Ms Keygan is not new to Air Niugini, having worked with the airline for 29 years, commencing in January 1990 as an International Travel advisor before moving to airport operations and recently with cargo being added to her portfolio.�She brings with her many years of experience to her new role where she is now primarily responsible for leading and managing all airport and cargo operations throughout Australia.
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Air Niugini Awards Best Performing Ports
Air Niugini Madang was awarded for achieving the best � On Time Performance(OTP)� in the airline�s category A ports for the third quarter of 2019, maintaining the top spot since the beginning of this year. OTP is measured on the time taken for a scheduled flight to depart from a point of origin to the point of arrival. Air Niugini Managing Director, Alan Milne in presenting the award, congratulated Madang Port Manager, Henrick Senat and his team for an excellent job in maintaining their performance.
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LinkPNG To Launch First Passenger Services To Komo, Hela
Link PNG, a subsidiary of Air Niugini will launch its first commercial passenger flights to Komo airport in Hela province effective, Tuesday 19th of November 2019. The schedule flights will initially operate twice a week, every Tuesdays and Thursdays, departing Port Moresby at 10: 15am and arriving in Komo at 11:45am. The return flight leaves Komo at 12:10pm, arriving back in Port Moresby by 1:40pm. All flights will be operated by Link PNG�s 50 seat Dash 8-315 aircraft.�
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Air Niugini Trains More Rural Sales Agents
Air Niugini has successfully completed training for eight staff from the four recently appointed Rural Sales Agents (RSAs) who will represent the airline by providing its services including making reservations and selling airline tickets to people in rural communities. RSAs are local business men and women in rural communities whom Air Niugini has identified, trained and equipped with tools to act on behalf of the airline. This is part of Air Niugini�s focus on bringing its services closer to the people by allowing small to medium sized enterprises (SME) to be part of Air Niugini�s growth as the airline belongs to the people.
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Air Niugini’s Inaugural Cairns/Pom/Hong Kong Flight
Air Niugini�s inaugural flight from Cairns to Hong Kong via Port Moresby today departed with 8.5 tonnes of live fish, fresh produce and aquarium coral onboard. The Boeing 767 wide body aircraft flew to Hong Kong via Port Moresby � one of two weekly flights operated by Air Niugini after the announcement with the Queensland Government last week. The flights are integral to the $75 million export industry to the Cairns region which includes local fresh produce and seafood; supporting about 180 jobs in Far North Queensland.
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2019 Corporate 9S Pennant Grand final Winner
Air Niugini�s PX Falcons defeated Avenell Engineering Services (AES) by a close margin of 2 points lead, winning the pennant grand-final of the 2019 Corporate 9s in Port Moresby yesterday(Sunday, 27th October). The two teams braved the scorching heat at the Bava Park, Boroko as they battled it out to see who would take the top spot.AES fielded a much younger team who were more athletic, faster in skills and ball work, maintaining the lead in the first half, 16 points to PX falcons 4. But that didn�t stop the more experienced PX falcons from coming back. They surely mean business in the second half, bringing the score-line to level with ASE, 26 all and just minutes before full time, a successful conversion saw them taking over the lead, winning the game by 2 points, 28 to ASE 26.
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FIRST FEMALE LICENSED AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE ENGINEER (LAME) ON DASH
28 year old Elena Mai has become Air Niugini�s if not Papua New Guinea�s first female Mechanical Licensed Aircraft Maintenance Engineer (LAME) on Dash 8 aircraft. From a mixed parentage of East New Britain, Gulf and Central Provinces, Elena is one of four female Air Niugini LAMEs, the other three women are licensed on Fokker jet aircraft. Being a licensed engineer,� Elena can now give approval for the release of Dash 8 aircraft to service following maintenance. Before signing the document of approval, Elena must be satisfied with the works, she thoroughly checks to ensure the maintenance is completed to the highest standard and is carried out in accordance with Papua New Guinea Civil Aviation Rules and Regulations.
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PX Falcons Set For 2019 Corporate 9s Finals
Air Niugini�s PX Falcons will take on Avenell Engineering Services in the Corporate Rugby 9s final playoffs in Port Moresby this weekend. Falcon�s team manager, Kenneth Kodor said although most of their players are new, preparations are well underway and he is confident of them doing well. He said �Our opponents AES finished 16th, however they have beaten some of the more experienced and better teams so we won�t be taking them lightly.� ” I have trust and confidence in the skills and effort displayed by our boys throughout the season and if they could maintain their performance, we should be on our way.�
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Air Niugini Steps In Where Cathay Pacific Left Off
Air Niugini Managing Director, Alan Milne announced on Friday (18th October) that the airline looks forward to delivering on the announced partnership between the Queensland Government and Air Niugini on an expanded service between Cairns and Hong Kong via Port Moresby from the 30th October this year. He said this following a meeting with all…
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Air Niugini Terminal Staff Win Dart JKP Memorial Cup
The first ever annual John Kilawari Polume (JKP) Memorial Cup Dart competition for Air Niugini staff ended on a high note over the weekend with the finals played. Team Terminals, also the minor premiers in the competition, won the Cup title after defeating Team IT in a close encounter. The JKP Cup competition pays tribute to a former long service staff the Late John Kilawari Polume who served Air Niugini for 30 years before his passing on October 6, 2018. He was the Pricing Manager at the Pricing and Tariffs Department at the time of his passing.
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