AIR NIUGINI PREPARES STAFF FOR THE ARRIVAL OF AIRBUS A220 AIRCRAFT
Air Niugini held its first town hall meeting recently to brief staff on the progress of the new Airbus A220s Entry Into Service (EIS) and communicate new changes and developments in preparation for the arrival of the first aircraft in September, next year. 115 Air Niugini employees attended.Its the initiative of the airlines Chief Executive Officer, Mr Gary Seddon, and the Air Niugini Board of Directors, to ensure staff are better informed, engaged, and committed to a transformation program that will improve the performance of the company.
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AIR NIUGINI CONTINUES TO PERFORM WELL IN DELIVERING ITS SCHEDULE
National flag carrier, Air Niugini continues to perform exceptionally well in delivering its schedule in July and August this year, again outperforming many airlines in Australia and the Pacific. In July Air Niugini operated a total 1, 377 flights with 1, 188 of these serving the airline�s domestic routes.
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CHANGES IN DEPARTURE REQUIREMENTS FOR TRAVEL TO AUSTRALIA
Air Niugini is pleased to advise travellers to Australia that from Tuesday 05th July they are no longer required to complete the Australia Digital Passenger Declaration (DPD), nor will they be required to produce Covid-19 Proof of Vaccination at check-in. Likewise, PNG citizens who have chosen not to be vaccinated are also now able to travel from Australia to PNG (and return). �With the world now moving to relax many of the Covid-19 restrictions, this signals a return to the freedom to travel that we all enjoyed in the past� said Paul Abbot, Air Niugini�s General Manager (GM) Commercial. �The removal of the Proof of Vaccination documents now frees up un-vaccinated travellers to move freely between Papua New Guinea and Australia, with travel being just as seamless as prior to Covid-19�
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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 Announces Customer Aircraft Support Centre
Air Niugini plans to become a key player in global airline servicing in a move that will significantly contribute to the Papua New Guinea economy with the introduction of the Air Niugini Maintenance Repair Overhaul (MRO) facility. The initiative is being driven by Managing Director Alan Milne, whose engineering background identified huge potential in the talent within the Air Niugini engineering and maintenance teams. Mr Milne said PNG’s geographic location, talent and infrastructure made it a logical option for airline servicing for operators in Australia, Asia and the Pacific Islands.
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Air Niugini Encourages Cairns Business Community To Make Use Of Its Frequent Services
Air Niugini Managing Director, Alan Milne has encouraged the business community in Cairns, Australia to make use of the airline�s frequent services between Cairns and Port Moresby and the convenient Air Niugini connections from Port Moresby to twenty three (23) domestic towns and resource industry centres throughout Papua New Guinea. Mr Milne was speaking during a recent meeting with the Cairns Business leaders in Cairns. Mr Milne said �We provide 9 to 10 weekly services on our Fokker 70 and F100 jet aircraft, which have 76 to 100 seats including business class seats and we offer the fastest flight times on the route, which is ideal for business and leisure travelers alike�
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Successful Completion Of Inhouse Major Check On Fokker 70
Air Niugini�s Fokker 70 jet aircraft, P2 ANR is now serviceable and back in operation following the successful completion of the in-house C check, or heavy maintenance check, at the airline�s engineering hangar in Port Moresby.P2 ANR is the first ever Fokker 70 aircraft to have had a C check done in house, commencing in July this year. An assessment flight was successfully carried out on Monday 05th November and the aircraft is now back into service.
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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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