PNG Air

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PNG Air
Former logo of the airlines PNG
De Havilland DHC-8-100 of the airlines PNG
IATA code : CG
ICAO code : TOK
Call sign : BALUS
Founding: 1987
Seat: Port Moresby , Papua New GuineaPapua New GuineaPapua New Guinea 
Home airport : Port Moresby Airport
IATA prefix code : 626
Management: Simon Wild ( CEO )
Number of employees: 600 (2008)
Passenger volume: 225,000 (2008)
Fleet size: 17 (+ 5 orders)
Aims: national
Website: www.pngair.com.pg

PNG Air is a Papua New Guinean airline based in Port Moresby and based at Port Moresby Airport .

history

PNG Air was founded in 1987 under the name Milne Bay Air by John Wild Senior as a charter airline . In September 1992 the company obtained the Regular Public Transport license and in March 1997 the license as a scheduled airline .

In 2009 the company operated 7 De Havilland DHC-8-100 and 5 DHC-6 Twin Otter .

On September 22, 2011 it was announced that the government of Papua New Guinea had approved a merger with Air Niugini , the country's largest airline, due to certain difficulties the companies had. Unions opposed it, and in 2016 both companies were seen as healthy competitors.

At the end of 2015, Airlines PNG was renamed PNG Air .

At the end of May 2020 it was announced that Link PNG was planning to take over the airline. In a statement on May 28, 2020, PNG Air resisted the takeover plan, saying that it would “create a monopoly”, with the result that “prices would go up” and passengers would then “no longer have a choice of how, when and where to travel ". PNG Air also pointed out that Air Niugini has lost more than 15% of the passenger market in recent years to PNG Air, which now offers an average of 10% lower fares at 50% market share.

Destinations

PNG Air serves numerous destinations within Papua New Guinea. There is also a codeshare agreement with Virgin Australia Airlines .

fleet

Current fleet

As of March 2020, the PNG Air fleet consists of 17 aircraft with an average age of 20.7 years:

Aircraft type number ordered Remarks Seats
ATR 72-600 7th 5 + 14 options 72
De Havilland DHC-8-100 10 Retirement probably by 2020 36
total 17th 5

Former aircraft types

In the past, PNG Air / Milne Bay Air also operated aircraft of the following types:

Incidents

  • On May 11, 1996, a Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander (aircraft registration number P2-ISD ) flew near Oumba in a rising valley. When trying to make a 180 ° turn, the wings grazed some trees, which led to the machine crashing. One passenger was killed, the other nine occupants survived.
  • On July 9, 1996, a de Havilland Canada DHC-6-300 (aircraft registration P2-MBB ) collided in clouds with a mountain while approaching Mendi Airport . All 20 people on board were killed.
  • On July 29, 2004, the landing approach to Ononge was aborted with a de Havilland Canada DHC-6-300 (aircraft registration P2-MBA ) in poor visibility and turned in the direction of the alternate airport Yongai. The machine brushed against trees at a height of around 2,300 meters and fell. She was on the weekly cargo flight from Port Moresby to Ononge. Of the three crew members, only the loadmaster survived.
  • On August 11, 2009, the de Havilland Canada DHC-6-300 (aircraft registration number P2-MCB ) flew into a mountain eleven kilometers from the airfield on the way from Port Moresby to the Kokoda Track . All 13 people on board were killed.

See also

Web links

Commons : PNG Air  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Airlines PNG - The History ( Memento of the original from December 27, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.apng.com
  2. ↑ michie.net - The History of Airlines Papua New Guinea (English)
  3. ↑ Airplane missing in Papua New Guinea , airliners.de, August 11, 2009
  4. ↑ a b apng.com - News ( Memento of the original from August 9, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English), accessed October 9, 2011 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.apng.com
  5. ↑ PNG unions against airline merger , radioaustralia.net.au, January 4, 2012
  6. ↑ Papua New Guinea's government seeks privatization of national air carrier , September 27, 2016
  7. ↑ Air Niugini attempting to acquire PNG Air. Ch-aviation, May 29, 2020.
  8. ↑ pngair.com.pg - Schedule / Map ( Memento of the original dated December 22, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English), accessed December 21, 2016 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.pngair.com.pg
  9. ^ PNG Air Fleet Details and History. In: planespotters.net. Retrieved March 13, 2020 .
  10. ↑ ATR - PNG Air enters new era with first ATR 72-600 aircraft, November 5, 2015 (English), accessed on December 21, 2016
  11. ↑ pngair.com.pg - Our Fleet ( Memento of the original dated December 21, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English), accessed December 21, 2016 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.pngair.com.pg
  12. ↑ aerotelegraph.com - PNG Air relies fully on ATR for growth accessed on November 11, 2016
  13. ^ Ulrich Klee, Frank Bucher et al .: jp airline-fleets international . Zurich Airport from 1988 to 2007.
  14. ^ Ulrich Klee, Frank Bucher et al .: jp airline-fleets international . Sutton, UK, 2008 to 2013.
  15. ↑ Accident report Islander P2-MBE, Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on June 16, 2016.
  16. ^ Accident report DHC-6 P2-MBI, Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on June 16, 2016.
  17. ^ Accident report Islander P2-ISD, Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on June 16, 2016.
  18. ^ Accident report DC-6 P2-MBB, Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on June 16, 2016.
  19. ^ Accident report DHC-6 P2-MBA, Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on June 16, 2016.
  20. ^ Accident report DHC-6 P2-MCB, Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on June 16, 2016.
  21. ^ Accident report DHC-8 P2-MCJ, Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on June 16, 2016.
  22. ↑ couriermail.com.au - Passenger plane crashes in Papua New Guinea - 28 feared dead (English) October 13, 2011
  23. ↑ The Aviation Herald - Crash: PNG DHC-8 near Madang on Oct 13th 2011, impacted terrain, October 13, 2010 , accessed on October 18, 2011