Link PNG signs MOU with Hides Gas Development Company for Charter Services

February 18, 2021

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.

The MOU sets the platform for a partnership arrangement between LinkPNG and Hides Gas Development Company (HGDC) to operate regular Charter flights into Komo Airfield.

The signing paves the way forward for the two parties to engage in firming the charter service schedule.

Link PNG Acting General Manager, Mr Alex Kia said the national airline is proud of the step taken towards the partnership arrangement, and is confident this partnership with one of the biggest landowner companies (LANCOS) in the country will contribute to nation building, as the country journeys through an uncertain period brought on by the COVID19 pandemic.

HGDC Executive Chairman, Tuguyawini Libe Parindali said HGDC was proud to enter into this agreement to ensure HGDC personnel travelling in and out of PNGLNG project site can travel seamlessly.