AIR NIUGINI UPGRADES MANUS ISLAND FLIGHTS TO LARGER BOEING 737 AIRCRAFT
Air Niugini is upgrading selected flights to Momote Airport, Manus Island, to larger Boeing 737 aircraft from early next month, following recent upgrading and restoration work on the runway carried out by National Airports Corporation (NAC). The Boeing 737 service will touch down in Manus Island at 1035am on Easter Saturday 03rd April. Thereafter the B737 aircraft will become a regular sight at Momote Airport, with non-stop services from and to Port Moresby operating every Saturday.
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Air Niugini Upgrades Gurney Flights To Larger Boeing 737 Aircraft
Air Niugini is upgrading selected flights to Gurney Airport, Alotau, Milne Bay Province to larger Boeing 737 aircraft. The first ever Boeing 737 service will touch down in Gurney at 1120am on Friday 26th February, 2021. Thereafter the B737 aircraft will become a regular sight at Gurney Airport, with three weekly services from 28th March, on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Sundays. Fokker jet aircraft will continue to service Alotau on all other days of the week. Chief Executive Officer, Mr Bruce Alabaster said that by using the B737 to Alotau this will allow the Fokker jet aircraft that currently service the route to be used to increase capacity elsewhere.
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Link PNG signs MOU with Hides Gas Development Company for Charter Services
Link PNG, a subsidiary of Air Niugini, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Hides Gas Development Company (HGDC), a major landowning company engaged with ExxonMobil, the operator of the PNGLNG Project- to provide chartered services for its personnel engaged within the LNG gas project in the Komo Magarima District, Hela Province.
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Air Niugini Increases Services Between Port Moresby And Hong Kong
Air Niugini is pleased to announce that it will increase services between Port Moresby and Hong Kong from once to twice weekly, commencing Saturday 03rd April 2021. Services will be operated by Air Niugini�s Boeing 767 aircraft, in partnership with Cathay Pacific Airways under a code share arrangement.Flights to Hong Kong were resumed in October last year, operating once a week on Wednesdays, opening up new opportunities to bring freight and essential travellers to and from Port Moresby via Hong Kong, including the export of live crabs, lobsters and other products from Papua New Guinea to the Asian markets.
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DO NOT BUY RE-SOLD PROMOTIONAL AIRLINE TICKETS
Air Niugini wishes to advise the travelling public not to buy airline tickets which are being resold including tickets purchased on our special offers. This follows continuous reports that some of these heavily discounted tickets are being resold to the public. Customers suspected of purchasing such tickets will have their bookings and tickets cancelled without notice and will be denied boarding. Therefore they �will lose the money they have paid to the person originally making the booking.�� They also risk legal action.
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Pre-departure COVID test requirements for flights to Australia
The Australian Government has announced that the following pre-departure and inflight requirements will apply to all passengers travelling to Australia on flights�departing on or after 22 January 2021. All Passengers travelling to, or transiting Australia on flights departing on or after 22 January 2021 must provide evidence at check-in of a negative COVID-19 (PCR) test….
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Air Niugini flights to Madang and Wewak
Air Niugini would like to inform the travelling public that the runway lengths at Madang and Wewak airports will be temporarily shortened by the National Airports Corporation (NAC). This is to allow for runway maintenance and upgrading works at both airports. The reduced runway length at Madang commences this month, and at Wewak from March….
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Air Niugini Flights To Hoskins Airport
Air Niugini will recommence flights to and from Hoskins airport, West New Britain from tomorrow until Monday 11th January. Flights between January 5th and 11th are for passengers already holding tickets. There are no restrictions on passengers travelling into Hoskins during this period. Per advice from the National Control Centre, passengers departing Hoskins will be required to undertake a rapid COVID test at the airport prior to the flight.� This takes 20-25 minutes for the result, so passengers are requested to arrive early.�
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NCSL members receive 10 % discount on Air Niugini cargo
Some good news for ncsl members this Christmas. A 10% discount is now applicable on domestic cargo and is available to 135,000 ncsl members after the society and the national flag carrier, Air Niugini signed a joint agreement recently. Acting Chief Executive Officer Mr. William Koregai in announcing the discounted facility with Air Niugini Cargo…
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Second Link PNG Q402 Aircraft Arrives In Port Moresby
Link PNG, a subsidiary of Air Niugini, proudly welcomed its second 76 seat Q402 aircraft into Port Moresby on Thursday, 10th December, 2020. The second Q402 adds significant capabilities to the Link PNG operation following the arrival of the first Q402 aircraft in January, 2020.
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Air Niugini Upgrades And Increases Flight During The Peak Travel Period
Air Niugini has upgraded and increased flights on its domestic sector to ensure smooth operations during the peak period, allowing Papua New Guineans to arrive home in time to celebrate Christmas and New Year with families and loved ones. The airline will be operating its first Boeing 737 commercial flight into Kagamuga airport,� Mount Hagen commencing next Monday 14th December following a successful test flight this morning from Port Moresby to Hagen and back. The B737 aircraft will become a regular sight at Mount Hagen thereafter. Chief Executive Officer, Mr Bruce Alabaster said that by using the B737 to Mount Hagen, this will allow the Fokker jet aircraft that currently service the route to be used to increase capacity elsewhere during the peak period.
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Air Niugini Flights To Rabaul / Tokua
Air Niugini would like to inform the travelling public that the runway length at Tokua Airport, Rabaul has been temporarily shortened by the National Airports Corporation (NAC) to allow for urgent runway maintenance works. These runway works are expected to last approximately two months, depending on weather conditions. As a result of the above, all Air Niugini flights to and from Tokua are rescheduled onto smaller Dash-8 aircraft, operated by our subsidiary company Link PNG. The shortening of the runway means that payloads are heavily restricted, even for Dash-8 aircraft, and as far as possible the number of services into Tokua each day has been increased in order to partially address this reduction in available capacity.
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Air Niugini Weekly Air Fare Promotions
In response to customer feedback about our weekly Tuesday on line air fare promotions, Air Niugini would like to advise the travelling public as follows : The Tuesday promotion fares are only available for purchase on line, and seats are limited. The sale starts at 0900 each Tuesday, but special fares are only available for those dates listed in the �For travel between�. If you look at dates outside of this date range, you will not find these special airfares These special airfares are only available until sold out. There are no promotion codes etc. For really popular routes and dates, these special airfares may sell out very quickly, whilst on less popular routes, dates, or times the special fares are likely to be available for longer into the Tuesday. Tickets cannot be purchased via Air Niugini sales offices or travel agents, and staff in these offices do not have access to sell the promotional seats (or as claimed by some posters, to buy the special airfares themselves prior to the promotion commencing).
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Air Niugini’s Paradise Magazine Wins World Travel Award
Air Niugini�s inflight magazine, Paradise, has won the award for the best inflight magazine in Oceania in this year�s prestigious World Travel Awards. In winning, Paradise beat magazines from many of the region�s major airlines, including Qantas, Virgin Australia, Tiger Air and Fiji Airways. The World Travel Awards, established in 1993, celebrate excellence across all key sectors of the travel, tourism and hospitality industries. They are recognised globally as the ultimate hallmark of industry excellence.
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Air Niugini Operates Charter Flight To Repatriate Citizens In Time For Christmas
Air Niugini will be operating a charter flight on 09th December between Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Fiji to repatriate citizens back home to their respective countries in time for Christmas. The charter flight, PX 9084 will be operated by Air Niugini�s Boeing 737- 700 series aircraft, departing Port Moresby at 6am for Honiara, Solomon Islands. It arrives in Honiara at 09:20am before departing for Fiji at 10am. The flight from Honiara to Nadi will take 3hours, arriving at 2pm(local time). The return service, PX 9085 departs Nadi airport at 3pm and arrives in Port Moresby at 7pm via Honiara.
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