Air Niugini Announces Safe Aircraft Return After Engine Shutdown
Air Niugini announced the safe return of one of its aircraft following an engine shutdown during a flight this morning, from Port Moresby to Goroka. The prompt and professional response of the airline crew, in accordance with established protocols, ensured the safety and well-being of all passengers and crew on board. This morning, a De Havilland Dash 8-300 aircraft, operating flight PX160 from Port Moresby to Goroka, experienced a technical issue with the Left-Hand engine, having just departed Jacksons Airport, Port Moresby. The flight crew immediately initiated the appropriate actions as per the Standard Operating Procedures (SOP). They performed an engine shutdown and having sufficiently reduced the landing weight by burning fuel in a holding pattern, safely returned the aircraft to Jacksons.
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Air Niugini Hosts Networking Event for Travel Agents
Air Niugini held a networking event for its travel and ticketing agents in Port Moresby last Thursday (18th May) to brief them on the latest plans and developments within the airline, the first face-to-face meeting since COVID. The event also provided an opportunity for agents to discuss and ask questions about the airline products and anything relating to Air Niugini. Apart from the agents in Port Moresby, there were also those who travelled in from Kieta, Madang, Lae and Goroka for the event. Acting Chief Executive Officer, Mr Gary Seddon thanked the fifty plus agents for attending the event and gave an update on the progress since he joined Air Niugini two months ago. He highlighted several activities including re-fleeting, opportunities to improve customer service and airfares.
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Air Niugini Downgrades Flights to Tokua
Air Niugini wishes to advise our valued customers that all our flights to Tokua airport, Rabaul East New Britain have been downgraded to Dash 8 operations due to poor runway conditions. National Airports Corporation(NAC) has issued a Notice to Airmen(NOTAM) to cease jet operations, effective today Tuesday 23rd May while the runway issue is being addressed. Air Niugini will advise when jet operations resume once we get feedback from NAC on the runway works. We regret the inconvenience caused, however the situation is beyond the airline’s control. Safety is always of paramount importance in Air Niugini’s operations.
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Air Niugini Leaders Meet with the President of Palau
Acting Air Niugini Chief Executive Officer, Mr Gary Seddon and his executives met with Palau President, Surangel Whipps Jr in Port Moresby over the weekend to deliberate on the current Air Niugini flights between PNG and Palau. Both parties expressed that there are further opportunities to explore to promote the sector, build interest and steadily grow passenger volumes. They further added that by connecting Pacific Islands to drive trade and tourism, it provides an opportunity for Air Niugini to strengthen its position as a regional airline, supporting the sixth freedom traffic which is the right or privilege of operating scheduled international air services via the home state of the carrier to move traffic between the two states.
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Air Niugini Partners with YWAM for Dental Health in NCD Schools
National airline, Air Niugini has come on board to support the efforts of YWAM Medical Ships Australia & Papua New Guinea (YWAM MS) Dental Trailer 2023 program by airlifting medical equipment free of charge(FOC) out of Brisbane to Port Moresby last week. The airline uplifted 100kg of dental supplies and equipment free to support the dental trailer program, which is aimed at providing screening, oral health education, and dental procedures to students at schools in Port Moresby.
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Air Niugini’s Female Cargo Staff Make History
An Air Niugini employee has created history by being the first and only female staff operating the Main Deck Loader(MDL), an equipment responsible for loading and unloading larger containerised cargo from the main deck of widebody aircraft. Michelle Geekala from East Sepik and Gulf provinces, works with Air Niugini Cargo Department’s operations section and is the only specialised female operator of the MDL equipment.Her most recent task was unloading heavy mining equipment from the main deck of a Boeing 747-400 series freighter here in Port Moresby. While passenger planes carry people with minimal luggage at the cargo hold, freighters specifically uplift cargo, their empty galleys are modified to fit various types of cargo.
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Air Niugini’s Commitment to Safety
“Our top priority at Air Niugini is ensuring the highest levels of safety for our passengers, crew, and the public. We are fully committed to this goal and will take all necessary measures to maintain safety standards. This includes the possibility of delaying or cancelling a flight due to factors such as bad weather, security issues, technical problems, or operational requirements. Our dedication to safety is unwavering, and we will not compromise it for any reason.”That’s from Air Niugini’s Acting Chief Executive Officer, Gary Seddon following recent flight delays and queries from the traveling public.
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Air Niugini Restores Fokker Jet Services to Mount Hagen
Air Niugini wishes to advise the travelling public that the airline has resumed its Fokker jet services to Mount Hagen’s Kagamuga airport, Western Highlands Province effective from Tuesday 18th April 2023. The resumption of Fokker flights follows the completion of runway maintenance and repair works by the National Airports Corporation (NAC). Since the work on the critical section of airport runway commenced on 08th March, Air Niugini has maintained air services to Mount Hagen using smaller Dash-8 aircraft, but with passenger numbers restricted to as few as 23 at times because of the shortened runway.
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Air Niugini Aids Operation Open Heart Initiative
Air Niugini provided in kind support to the annual Operation Open Heart (OOH) by flying Australian music legend, Daryl Braithwaite and his four-member band from Melbourne to Port Moresby, where they performed at OOH’s major fundraising event over the weekend.
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Air Niugini conducts Dangerous Goods Training using the Competency based training methods
Air Niugini’s recent Dangerous Goods (DG) training was conducted using for the first time, Competency -based Training and Assessments (CBTA) methods as required by International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) and International Air Transport Association (IATA).Sixteen participants from Puma Energy, Exxon Mobil, DHL, Pentagon Freight Services, Hi-Lift and OK Tedi Mining Ltd were the first batch to use CBTA procedures, which is a new, mandated method of conducting and assessing DG training by ICAO and IATA.
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Air Niugini and PNG Tourism Promotion Authority Forge New Partnership
Air Niugini and PNG Tourism Promotion Authority (PNGTPA) executives had a meeting yesterday, (Monday 27th March) with the focus to progress a mutually beneficial partnership, for tourism growth across Papua New Guinea.
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Air Niugini Achieves Accreditation for Dangerous Goods Training
Air Niugini has received its Certificate of Accreditation on Dangerous Goods (DG) training from International Air Transport Association (IATA), focusing on Competency-based Training and Assessments (CBTA) guidelines. This is a first, for an airline in PNG!Air Niugini’s Acting Chief Executive Officer, Gary Seddon said the accreditation followed a stringent review of the dangerous goods regulations. CBTA is a new, mandated method of conducting and assessing DG training by International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) and IATA.
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Air Niugini Explores Long-Term Fleet Solutions for Domestic and Regional Markets
Air Niugini as part of its re-fleeting exercise is progressing its review of available options to ensure the airline secures a competitive and sustainable solution for its PNG domestic and regional network. The airline’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Mr Bruce Alabaster said this when welcoming the team from Embraer who have flown in the latest E195 E2 regional jet into Port Moresby today for a demonstration flight.
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Air Niugini Partners with PNG Office Works for Destination Enhancements
Air Niugini Destinations members can now redeem loyalty points with PNG Office Works Limited. PNG Office Works is offering customers who are Destinations members the opportunity to redeem loyalty points on selected stationery and electronic appliances at their shop located at 6 Mile in Port Moresby. The two-year partnership arrangement provides more options for members to redeem Destinations points in addition to redemption on airline tickets.
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Air Niugini Temporarily Suspends Flights to Tufi
Air Niugini has suspended all flights to Tufi airport, Oro Province following a Notice to Airmen (NOTAM) issued by PNG Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA), closing the airport to aircraft which have more than 20 seats. The suspension comes into effect this morning, Friday 03rd February and will continue until further notice. Air Niugini has been operating twice weekly to Tufi, every Monday and Friday. We regret the inconvenience caused however, the situation is beyond the airline�s control. Safety is always of paramount importance in our operations.
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Review of Air Niugini’s Flight Schedule Performance
Air Niugini management is working hard to reduce some recent effects on the airlines schedule which has been affected by several external factors. While the airline ended 2022 on a high note with excellent OTP (On Time Performance) the new year has to date not continued this trend.Air Niugini�s General Manager, Commercial Paul Abbot said that several factors have combined and as a result has unfortunately meant customers are seeing a higher number of disrupted or downgraded flights than the airline would like.
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