A New Era Dawns For Papua New Guinea!
Air Niugini’s first brand new A220, dubbed the “People’s Balus”, has now entered final assembly at the Airbus Canada factory at Mirabel, Montreal. The aircraft is planned for delivery to Port Moresby in September coinciding with Papua New Guinea’s 50th Independence Anniversary celebrations.
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Air Niugini’s Second Batch of Pilot Cadets Commence Training
Four young Papua New Guineans, including one female cadet, have embarked on their journey as part of Air Niugini’s second batch of pilot cadets under the airline’s National Pilot Cadet Program. They departed Port Moresby on Saturday, 10th May, to commence their 18-month initial pilot training at Flight Training Adelaide in South Australia. The cadets—Christopher…
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Air Niugini Encourages Customers to Take Advantage of The Discounted “Nambawan Fares
Air Niugini frequently offers discounted airfares including the current “Nambawan fares” which provide up to 60 percent off standard ticket fare and is designed to make travel more affordable and encourage more people to fly, whether for business, tourism, medical or simply visiting family and friends within the country. The nambawan fares present an excellent…
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Air Niugini Suspends Brisbane Services Due to Tropical Storm Alfred
Air Niugini advises customers that due to Tropical Storm Alfred, which is currently impacting Southeast Queensland and Northern New South Wales, Australia all flights to and from Brisbane have been temporarily suspended until Friday morning, 7th March 2025, subject to further weather assessments.
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Families Across Papua New Guinea Embrace Air Niugini’s Discounted “Nambawan Fares” For Graduation Travel
Families throughout Papua New Guinea are seizing the opportunity presented by Air Niugini’s discounted Nambawan fares to travel and celebrate their children’s milestones during graduation.
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Air Niugini Launches New Integrated System, Oracle Fusion
As part of Air Niugini’s digital transformation journey, the national airline has implemented and launched a new system, Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) early this week (08th April), across multiple departments providing more integrated and streamlined way to manage and report on the business. This system is designed to modernise business processes, improve…
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Air Niugini Opens a Second Sales Office in Mt. Hagen
Air Niugini has officially opened a second retail sales office in Mt Hagen, at the Tininga Dobel Retail centre, demonstrating the airline’s ongoing commitment to expanding services, enhancing customer offerings and convenience.
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Jet Fuel Availability in Western Province: Air Niugini Resumes Flight Operations to Kiunga and Tabubil
Air Niugini is pleased to announce that following the establishment and opening of refuelling facilities on 01st February by our partners, OTML and Pacific Energy Aviation Limited (PEAL), Air Niugini has resumed its flights to Kiunga and Tabubil effective from yesterday, Sunday 02nd February.
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Air Niugini Boeing 737-800 P2-PXC Struck by Ground Services Vehicle in Manila, Philippines
An Air Niugini Boeing 737-800 was struck by a ground services vehicle on Friday evening 16th August, at Ninoy Aquino International Airport, Manila. The Air Niugini aircraft had just arrived from Port Moresby. There were no passengers or crew aboard the aircraft when the incident occurred. The damage is to the rear lower section of the fuselage, near the cargo door.
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Conditions of Carriage on Mercury, a Dangerous Good
Air Niugini wishes to advise customers and the general public that airfreight of Mercury is a Dangerous Goods. Air Niugini will ONLY ACCEPT MERCURY if properly Packed, Marked, Labelled, Documented and Declared in accordance with the Airlines Dangerous Goods Acceptance policies and procedures.
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Air Niugini Resumes Fokker Jet Operations to Rabaul
Air Niugini wishes to advise the traveling public that the airline will resume Fokker jet operations to Tokua airport, Rabaul effective from Saturday, 10th August 2024. The decision to resume flights follows the completion of airport runway repair works by the National Airports Corporation (NAC). With the resumption of jet operations to Rabaul, there will…
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RTX’s Pratt & Whitney GTF™ engines to power 11 Airbus A220 aircraft for Air Niugini
Pratt & Whitney, an RTX (NYSE: RTX) business, and Air Niugini have finalized engine and aftermarket agreements for the GTF engines that will power the airline’s fleet of 11 Airbus A220 aircraft.
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Air Niugini Cadet Pilots Begin Training
Seven young Papua New Guineans who are part of Air Niugini’s National Pilot Cadet Program left Port Moresby over the weekend to commence their initial 18 months pilot training at Flight Training Adelaide, in South Australia.
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