Vaccination Travel Requirements To Australia
From 1st November fully vaccinated passengers can fly into Sydney and travel to NSW, Victoria and ACT without any requirement for quarantine. From 15th December, this will also apply for those travelling to Tasmania.
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Air Niugini Suspends Flights To Kieta
Due to the closure of Aropa airport by the AROB Government, Air Niugini flights to Kieta are suspended until further notice. Passengers holding tickets to or from Kieta may travel to or from Buka instead at no additional cost, or can rebook their travel to Kieta for future dates without penalties.
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New South Wales Opens To Quarantine Free Travel
Air Niugini is pleased to advise customers that New South Wales (NSW) has announced quarantine free travel for international arriving passengers from 1st November 2021.� This will initially be limited to Australian citizens, permanent residents and special visa holders. We do expect this to extend to business travellers and tourists soon after.
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Air Niugini Services To Manila , Philippines
Air Niugini wishes to advise customers that the Philippines Government has now removed the restriction on carriage of passengers originating in PNG to the Philippines with immediate effect from today, Friday 01st October.PX010/PX011 flights between Port Moresby and Manila are now operating as per normal schedule. Air Niugini�s Boeing 737 flies to Manila twice weekly, on Fridays and Sundays.
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Mobile Vaccine Units Being Deployed To Buiness And Government Offices.
The COVID-19 Vaccination Ministerial Task Force is now deploying Mobile Vaccine Units to business houses and government offices, commencing initially in Port Moresby, to be followed by Lae and rest of the other centres. Thirty (30) Air Niugini staff at seven mile in Port Moresby were amongst the first to have received vaccination yesterday, under this new initiative. PNG�s Pandemic Response, Controller David Manning who was present during the rollout highlighted the importance of increased vaccination and the benefits on the general economy.
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Air Niugini resume flights from Cairns to Port Moresby
Air Niugini CEO, Mr. Bruce Alabaster announced today(Tuesday 28th September, 2021) that the airline will operate four special Boeing 767 widebody jet flights from Cairns to Port Moresby between now and Christmas.Flight PX 093 will operate on Wednesday�s 06th October, 03rd and 24th November, and on 22nd December 2021. These flights are mainly scheduled to carry freight for exporters in Far North Queensland up to Asia.�� This will include fresh produce and fish from Cairns onto both Hong Kong and Singapore, but are also available for passenger booking from Cairns to Port Moresby.
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Air Niugini services to Manila, Philippines between 19th and 30th September, 2021
Air Niugini wishes to advise customers that the Philippines Government has advised that no passengers originating in PNG may be carried from PNG to the Philippines on any flight during the period 19th � 30th September, 2021. This is due to the increase in COVID-19 within Papua New Guinea.
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Air Niugini Flights to Sydney Australia
Air Niugini would like to advise customers that due to the current outbreak of COVID-19 in New South Wales, Australia, the Australian Government has placed further restrictions on the number of passengers on board all aircraft arriving into Sydney.
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Air Niugini wins court injunction against Matrix Construction
The public may have seen advertisements in newspapers by Matrix Constructions calling for a creditors’ meeting. This followed moves by Air Niugini to progress the winding up of Matrix Constructions in the National Court due to their failure to pay Air Niugini outstanding costs. Air Niugini was successful in legal proceedings in 2020, where the…
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ICCC DECLINES APPLICATION TO PURCHASE SHARES IN PNG AIR
In November 2020, Link PNG was approached by PNG Air who requested that Link PNG reapply to ICCC to purchase shares in PNG Air (being the shareholding presently held by Nasfund).� Upon PNG Air�s request, Link PNG made this re-application to ICCC
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AIR NIUGINI FLIGHTS TO MADANG
Further to our last update on 6th July advising of the temporary suspension of Air Niugini flights to Madang from 23rd July, the National Airports Corporation (NAC) has advised that the next stage of the runway upgrading works has been delayed by three days and will now commence at 0600am on Monday 26th July.
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LINK PNG RESUMES SERVICES TO WAPENAMANDA AIRPORT, ENGA.
Link PNG, a subsidiary of Air Niugini has resumed services to Wapenamanda airport, Enga Province today, Sunday 18th July 2021.Flight PX 990 arrived to a small but significant ceremony at Wapenamanda airport this morning, witnessed by Enga Governor, Sir Peter Ipatas, Link PNG General Manager Alex Kia and staff.
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RESUMPTION OF LINK PNG FLIGHTS TO WAPENAMANDA
Link PNG, a subsidiary of Air Niugini wishes to advise the general public that the airline will resume flights to Wapenamanda, Enga Province, commencing on Sunday 18th July, 2021. Link PNG suspended services to Wapenamanda in September 2019 to allow for major upgrade works to the runway by National Airports Corporation (NAC). These runway upgrade works have now been completed and Link PNG is pleased to be able to restore services to Wapenamanda and the surrounding communities once again.
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AIR NIUGINI FLIGHTS TO MADANG & WEWAK
Air Niugini would like to inform the travelling public that the runway lengths at Madang and Wewak airports are further shortened by the National Airports Corporation (NAC) to allow for runway maintenance and upgrading works at both airports. As a result of the above, Air Niugini flights to and from Madang and Wewak are being operated by Dash-8 turboprop aircraft, operated by our subsidiary company Link PNG.
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REVISED REQUIREMENTS FOR INTERNATIONAL PASSENGERS TRAVELLING TO PAPUA NEW GUINEA FROM OVERSEAS
Air Niugini wishes to advise customers that the Controller of the National Control Centre (NCC) for COVID-19 has issued an updated Direction dated 30th June, 2021 for international passengers travelling to Papua New Guinea (PNG) from overseas countries.
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