Courtesy of Trevor Michie's PNG Gossip...
** Bulolo Airport **
The newly upgraded Bulolo airport has opened with the arrival of an Airlines of PNG Dash 8 aircraft on the 13th of February. The plane was welcomed by traditional dancers from East Sepik and Morobe as well as being hosed down by the PNG Forest Products fire fighters.
** Marijuana Seizure **
Police carrying out random cargo checks at Port Moresby's Jackson's Airport have seized about 4kgs of dried marijuana at a street value of up to K4,000 off a chartered flight from Tapini. The marijuana was concealed in amongst bags of peanuts.
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http://www.michie.net/balus/px-history.html (Air Niugini - not complete)
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http://www.michie.net/balus/cg-history.html (Airlines of PNG - very incomplete!)
If anyone can add to the Air Niugini or the Airlines of PNG (Milne Bay Air) history please send an email to this newsletter and I will pass it on. Does anyone have a picture of the MBA Grumman Goose?