Pacific Island Tourism Unlikely To Return To Pre-COVID Levels In Next Two Years
National airlines in the Pacific face further financial difficulties, as tourism is unlikely to return to pre-COVID-19 levels for the next two years, even after the pandemic recedes. The situation is further exacerbated by the weak financial position of state-owned…
Air Niugini Looking For New Managing Director
Papua New Guinea’s national carrier Air Niugini is looking for a new managing director. The airline, in a recruitment ad in The Australian newspaper, says it is seeking a qualified and experienced aviation leader to establish and implement its long-term…
PNG Air Disappointed As Consumer Watchdog Rejects Link PNG’s Proposed Acquisition Of Shares In PNG Air For The Second Time
PNG Air argues that Papua New Guinea’s Independent Consumer and Competition Commission (ICCC) has failed to consider key national interests and commercial imperatives for the local airline industry when it rejected, for a second-time, Link PNG’s proposed buy-in of PNG…
Air Niugini Receives Second De Havilland Canada Dash 8-400
Papua New Guinea’s (PNG) national carrier Air Niugini has received its second De Havilland Canada Dash 8-400. The aircraft leased from Nordic Aviation Capital (NAC) will be operated by Air Niugini turboprop subsidiary Link PNG, which earlier this year received…
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Thailand’s Nok Air posts US$86 million Q3 loss http://nok.listedcompany.com/misc/MDNA/20201117-nok-mdna-3q2020-en.pdf Nok Air recorded a THB2,600 million (US$86 million) loss for 2020’s third fiscal quarter, period ending 30 September, as compared to a THB2,280 million (US$75 million) loss the same period last…
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SpiceJet launches 62 new domestic and international flights https://ultra.news/t-t/51535/spicejet-announces-62-new-flights India’s SpiceJet has started taking bookings for 62 new domestic and international flights. The airline says the flights include the industry’s first between New Delhi and Kandla city in Gujarat state….
