Repatriation Of Body
Air Niugini has confirmed that, yesterday Sunday 7 October, the repatriation of the body of the deceased passenger from PX 073, Mr Eko Cahyanto Singgih began the trip to his family’s home village in Java, Indonesia. On Sunday morning, at Chuuk airport a little before 04.30 local time, government representatives from the highest levels of the Federated States of Micronesia attended a solemn ceremony as the body was boarded onto Flight PX 5071 for the first part of the journey to Port Moresby, arriving at Jacksons International Airport at little over 3 hours later.
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Memorial Service
Air Niugini Board, Management and staff together with some members of the diplomatic corps attended a memorial service at Air Niugini Headquarters in Port Moresby this morning (Friday 05th October) to mark the passing of seven days since the tragic accident of flight PX-073 and to express sympathy towards the passenger who lost his life.
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Press Statement
It is with deep sadness I confirm that the body of a male passenger was discovered by divers today as they conducted a further search of P2-PXE and the surrounding area in the Chuuk Lagoon.This is the unaccounted passenger from the aircraft. Our outreach team is in touch with the man�s family and we are making arrangements to repatriate his body.
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APEC Awareness
As the date for the prestigious APEC Event draws near, there is some uncertainty about the operation of scheduled flights during the month of November 2018. Air Niugini assures all its customers that it will be operating as normal as per the flight schedule.
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Destinations Website Shutdown Notice
We are excited to advise you that we will be launching our new look Destination Loyalty Program website www.destinations.com.pg. Therefore, the website will be temporarily unavailable for a few hours on Tuesday the 11th of September, 2018 commencing at 1300 hours. We expect to be back online in a few hours. Thank you for your patience and understanding.
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Air Niugini Commences Japan/Chuuk Services
Air Niugini has launched its first direct flight between Narita, Japan and Chuuk in the Federated States of Micronesia(FSM) on Saturday 01st September, 2018.Sixty (60) passengers mostly Japanese tourists boarded the first flight out of Narita destined for Chuuk on Saturday night, arriving in Chuuk early Sunday morning. On arrival in Chuuk, a further 60 passengers, comprising a large number of divers joined the flight to Port Moresby from where most passengers continued to other Air Niugini destinations in PNG and Australia.
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New Cargo Initiative For Lae
Air Niugini and Express Freight Management(EFM) have jointly announced a new initiative recently which allows for pick up and delivery of all Lae destined Cargo in Lae city instead of Nadzab airport.Under the agreement, both parties have indicated that from 01st September 2018, Air Niugini Cargo will be assisting businesses and the public of Morobe Province, mainly Lae City, with a split rates system using the current code of Lae to unload all Cargo at Nadzab (NZB) airport. These cargo will then be picked up by EFM and delivered to a designated point of collection in Lae city, which is EFM�s hardware house for customers to pick them.
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Air Niugini reviews and strengthens its Domestic Network
Air Niugini has reviewed its flight schedule and is implementing a number of changes that will see the reinstatement of some domestic flights, and an increase in others, while some loss making international routes will be reduced or suspended.
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Air Niugini Appoints New Cargo General Sales Agent For Australia
Air Niugini Cargo Limited (ANCL), a subsidiary of Air Niugini Limited has appointed ACP Worldwide, a global airline management company as the exclusive cargo General Sales Agent (GSA) for Air Niugini Cargo throughout Australia.
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Air Niugini Opens Rural Sales Agent In Kudjip
Air Niugini Opens Rural Sales Agent In Kudjip .Air Niugini�s Rural Sales Agent (RSA) office in Kudjip, Jiwaka Province was officially opened last Thursday, paving the way for people from within the community as well as South Waghi, Anglimp and those traveling in from Simbu through the highlands highway to have access to Air Niugini services and products.
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Air Niugini Appoints Rural Sales Agents
Air Niugini has appointed four Rural Sales Agents (RSA) so far to represent the airline by providing their services including sales of ANG tickets to customers in underserviced, rural communities who do not have direct access to ANG services.
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