Good to see CASA PNG gave the sim in Bangkok the thumbs up.
In relation to the APNG machine,they did do proving flights before they used it commercially. Not to sure if it's now on the PNG register yet though,although I believe some of their drivers have held PNG licences for years. I did hear several months ago from an APNG engineer,that the owners of the ATR were reluctant to put it on the PNG register for some reason. Maybe they don't want to pay the import duty ? If they don't import it,I can't see it being around to much longer,unless it turns into a Russian helicopter !