PNG Air
IATA ICAO Callsign
CG TOK BALUS
Founded1987 (As Milne Bay Air)
HubsJacksons International Airport
Fleet size15
Destinations23
HeadquartersJacksons International Airport
Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
Key peopleAugustine Mano (Chairman)
Stanley Stevens (Acting Chief Executive Officer)
Websitewww.pngair.com.pg

PNG Air is an airline based on the grounds of Jacksons International Airport, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.[1] It operates scheduled domestic and international flights, as well as contract corporate charter work. Its main base is Jacksons International Airport.[2]

History

The airline was originally established and started operations in 1987 as Milne Bay Air. It operated as a charter company in the resource development industry. The airline obtained an RPT (scheduled passenger services) licence in September 1992 and received its airline licence in March 1997. With its headquarters and main operating base set in Port Moresby, there are also support staff in Cairns, Australia. PNG Air has 750 staff. In 2008 the airline was listed on the Port Moresby Stock Exchange.[2]

In November 2015, the airline rebranded and unveiled a new livery. It also received its first ATR 72-600 aircraft, to become the backbone of the fleet by 2020.[3][4]

Destinations

PNG Air operates scheduled passenger flights to the following destinations:[5][6]

Papua New Guinea
Australia
Indonesia

Future Destinations

Fleet

PNG Air ATR 72

The PNG Air fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of February 2020):[7][8]

PNG Air Fleet
Aircraft In service Orders Passengers Notes
ATR 72-600 7 — 72
Bombardier Dash 8-100 8 — 36
Total 15

Incidents and accidents

External links

References

  1. ^ "APNG Contacts Archived 13 September 2009 at the Wayback Machine." Airlines PNG. Retrieved on 26 May 2010. "Head Office Jacksons Airport Port Moresby – Papua New Guinea"
  2. ^ a b Flight International 27 March 2007
  3. ^ "Can PNG Air Help Spur Tourism in Papua New Guinea?". TravelPulse. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  4. ^ "PNG Air – News". Archived from the original on 18 December 2015. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  5. ^ "PNG Air – Schedule / Map". Archived from the original on 18 December 2015. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  6. ^ "Route map". Retrieved 26 July 2022.
  7. ^ "Global Airline Guide 2016 (Part Two)". Airliner World (November 2016): 28.
  8. ^ "PNG Air signs for five additional ATR 72-600s" (Press release). ATR. 7 November 2016. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
  9. ^ a b c d "Milne Bay Air Crash History". Aviation Safety Network. 2009. Retrieved 11 August 2009.
  10. ^ a b "Airlines PNG Crash History". Aviation Safety Network. 2009. Retrieved 11 August 2009.
  11. ^ "Crash: PNG DH8A near Madang on Oct 13th 2011, both propellers oversped". The Aviation Herald. 14 October 2011. Archived from the original on 4 February 2016. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  12. ^ "Aussie pilot survives plane crash in Papua New Guinea which killed 28 others". AAP. 14 October 2011. Archived from the original on 4 February 2016.
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