Air Niugini increases domestic flights
The airline’s Chief Executive Officer, Simon Foo said several destinations including Mt Hagen, Kavieng, Hoskins, Lae, Kundiawa, Madang, Wewak, Mendi, Daru and the Port Moresby/Lae/ Hoskins/Rabaul , POM/Lae/Manus and POM/Lae/Buka routes will see an increase in flights.
POM/Mt Hagen flights will increase to 4 times a day, POM/Lae up to 5 daily flights, Kundiawa, POM/Madang and POM/Wewak up to 2 flights in a day. There will be 4 flights to Mendi per week and 3 flights to Kundiawa.
Daru will see an additional flight, bringing to total five flights per week over the peak period whilst a total 4 flights for the POM/Lae/Hoskins/Rabaul sector. POM/Lae/Manus increases to 2 weekly flights and a Wednesday flight operates POM/Lae/Buka. The POM /Gurney routes will be mostly operated by larger Fokker 100 aircraft.
Mr Foo said apart from better aircraft utilization, having additional flights also provides more options and flexibility for customers.
He said “ With additional flights, customers have more options to choose from, resulting in convenience and better travel coordination.”
There will also be changes to aircraft over night and equipment for certain destinations. All aircraft overnight in Kavieng will be on Fokker 100, whilst the direct Buka services will be on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. The flight on Monday and Friday will go via Rabaul. The direct POM/Lihir services will be every Wednesday and Friday, whilst the flights on Tuesday and Thursday will continue to Rabaul.
Meanwhile, the 02nd Cebu service resumes on 27th November.
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