News from Air Niugini

Air Niugini attend British Birdwatching Fair

Tuesday, 30 August 2011 10:53

Vikki Joyce, UK representative of Air Niugini, recently spent 3 days at the world famous British Birdwatching Fair(Birdfair) held at Rutland from 19th to 21st August 2011. She was part of a dedicated team from Papua New Guinea which included:Vikki Joyce - Air Niugini, Joyce Wako - Country Tours, Neoma Napasu - Country Tours, Brian Coates - Dove Publications/PNG TPA Rep, Cheyne Benjamin - Walindi, Samuel Kepuknai - Kiunga Nature Tours, Jan Hasselberg - Tufi Guest Houses, Richard Parks - Trans Niugini Tours and Alice Kuaningi - PNG Tourism Promotion Authority.

The team was very active in meeting people who expressed an interest in visiting the country and the stand was prominent in a busy show. The team were promoting the PNG Tourism Authority's slogan "A million different journeys" to the thousands of visitors all brought together by a love of BIrd watching and in particular global bird conservation. The PNG invitation to Bird Watchers was to "come and visit Papua New Guinea to see the beautiful endemic birds, including many species of the famous Bird of Paradise, most of which are found in PNG only. The many splendid bird watching locations throughout the country range from high mountains and vast rainforests to oceanic islands." The British Bird Watching Fair is the world's first and largest international Birdwatching event hosting visitors from all over the world. Air Niugini is proud to work with the PNG tourism authority to promote PNG as one of the world's most exciting destinations for bird watchers. Vikki Joyce said:" This is my favourite fair of the year,mostly because of the infectious enthusiasm of both exhibitors and visitors for this fascinating subject. It's an experience second only to a bird watching holiday in PNG !"

(photo by Brain Coates)

Air Niugini sign agreement with Air France/KLM

Wednesday, 20 July 2011 07:18

Air France - KLM and Air Niugini enter in a unique agreement

As from 1 July 2011, passengers traveling to/from Port Moresby to/from Europe can benefit from this new agreement between the three airlines. Within this agreement, Air Niugini, AIR FRANCE and KLM will form an interline arrangement which will encompass Papua New Guinea destination and AIR FRANCE and KLM Hubs in Paris and Amsterdam.

Papua New Guinea is a fast growing country blessed with numerous natural resources like copper, gold, oil and gas. A 15 bn USD LNG project that is in the pipeline also adds to PNG being a much traveled to destination. Apart from natural resources there are also several international organizations and NGO’s active in PNG.

Prior to the signing of this agreement, passengers could only be booked to Air Niugini destinations in the Air Niugini network which excludes Europe. Passengers travelling to destinations outside of the Air Niugini network were then advised to book with another carrier online. During their trip passengers then had to collect their checked baggage and re-check in for the next flight, which can be time consuming.

“The implementation of the Interline E-ticketing Agreement ensures that Air Niugini and AIR FRANCE and KLM customers now have easy connections to and from Port Moresby via any of the following Asian destinations Singapore, Hong Kong, Manila and Tokyo to and from any European city in the network of AIR FRANCE and KLM. Furthermore passengers’ baggage is tagged all the way to/from Europe without hassle. It saves them time from having to re-check baggage for the next flight, says Wasantha Kumarasiri, Chief Executive Officer, Air Niugini.

“We are very happy with this unique agreement with Air Niugini to offer our customers a seamless service between Papua New Guinea and our extensive network in Europe and vice versa”, says Paul Rombeek, General Manager Singapore, Indonesia, Australia and New Zealand, AIR FRANCE KLM.

The signing of this Interline E-ticketing Agreement with AIR FRANCE and KLM now brings the Air Niugini airline agreements to a total of twenty-eight (28).

AIR FRANCE and KLM combined operate 208 weekly flights to 24 Asian cities spread over 11 countries. With the combination of the two Hubs (Paris- Charles de Gaulle and Schiphol), they have a vast well-balanced dual network at their disposal, and linking Europe to the rest of the world. This new partnership will offer travellers a wider choice ticketing opportunities and will give potential customers greater flexibility to combine travel on the networks of Air Niugini and Air France and KLM.

Papua New Guinea's Culture Festivals 2011

Tuesday, 18 January 2011 10:23

Air Niugini PNG is vast land of amazing choices for holiday experiences that will suit everyone's taste and budget. This is a land of ancient cultures and the region's festivals are spectacular.

New schedule for Singapore and Fiji/Honiara service

Thursday, 13 January 2011 15:47

Air Niugini advises its customers that the following revised departure and arrivals times apply to Singapore service on Monday and Thursday and the Fiji/Honiara service on Monday and Saturday.

Air Niugini Releases 2011 Desktop Calendar

Monday, 13 December 2010 10:50

Air Niugini has released a 2011 desktop calendar featuring the airline’s latest aircraft. The Boeing 767 and Q400 Next Gen were photographed during a photo shoot on Sunday October 24 by well-known PNG photographer Rocky Roe.

Travels at Christmas Holidays

Monday, 06 December 2010 14:44

Air Niugini is advising customers to avoid disappointment during the Christmas peak period by making early travel plans and then by arriving at the airport well ahead of the usual check-in time for flights.

Executive Club Lounge in Japan

Thursday, 18 November 2010 15:08

Air Niugini wishes to advise our valued customers that the airline now has a new business lounge at Narita airport in Japan effective 01^st December, 2010.The new Air Niugini lounge is the American Airlines Admirals Club which is located within Terminal Two, Main Building.