Air Niugini - Bird of paradise paint schemes are back again
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Air Niugini - Bird of paradise paint schemes are back again
Leased Boeing B737-800 has arrived with full fuselage 'Bird of Paradise' paint scheme. Just like the old days!
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If the situation re the 737 unfolds in typical PNG fashion it won't take long for it to become a permanent fixture rather than a functional aircraft. Perhaps it will end up replacing the DC3 at Airways...
Alternatively, it could be that they have done their DD and concluded that PX will probably welch on their payments regardless, prompting them to let go of the underperforming asset 💁🏻♂️
The retro livery is remarkably amusing in this context as they are providing an authentic experience of 80’s style airline operations 😂
TANGFU!
Financial brilliance on PX's part. SIgn up to per hour lease, then not fly it! Got the aeroplane for free!
https://www.postcourier.com.pg/airli...harges-to-nac/
Spiv-deal gone wrong I feel is more accurate AKA TANGFU.
the only current airport in the country outside of Port Moresby capable of B737 ops
I wish some people would put a sock in it and stop criticising about things they know nothing about
maybe they don't have enough pilots.
Moreover, who would consider leasing an aircraft without first ensuring they have crew for it?
TANGFU
The recently delivered B738, has not flown since 6th December ......
No flight crew?
Maintenance?
Lemon?
Which politician or public servant "benefited" from this deal?
No flight crew?
Maintenance?
Lemon?
Which politician or public servant "benefited" from this deal?
Operation face saving has been in full force from the moment it went tech on its maiden flight, to not having anyone to fly it, and when it did finally get airborne, NOGOT EDTO approval!
Now the final straw is that it has non-approved engine parts in both donks, rendering it (as someone has suggested before) as useful as the airways DC3 💁🏻♂️
But, the show MUST go on! And as such, we are all eagerly awaiting the next episode of the muppets show.
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Virgin Australia go caught out on the unapproved engine parts. I think a few weeks ago the media was suggesting as many as eight aircraft or more were affected.
How the machine ever left Singapore without all the approvals in place is farcical at best. Perhaps CASA PNG did not receive their share of the 'booty'
Of course this is PNG's proud International airline. One problem is they used to have a magnificent fleet of Dash 8-400 aircraft, until a politicians decided PX was to become an all jet operator. Spin off the Dash 8-200/300 fleet to a subsidiary and rename it Link PNG. Then of course they realise after the -400 fleet had gone ... we made a mistake; so they started to buy the -400's back. Three in country, only one presently flyable. Bought a bunch more last month but decided they were not up to PX standards. That by the way is yuk speak meaning the broker/seller was not willing to 'pay' incentives to those with their snouts in the trough.
How the machine ever left Singapore without all the approvals in place is farcical at best. Perhaps CASA PNG did not receive their share of the 'booty'
Of course this is PNG's proud International airline. One problem is they used to have a magnificent fleet of Dash 8-400 aircraft, until a politicians decided PX was to become an all jet operator. Spin off the Dash 8-200/300 fleet to a subsidiary and rename it Link PNG. Then of course they realise after the -400 fleet had gone ... we made a mistake; so they started to buy the -400's back. Three in country, only one presently flyable. Bought a bunch more last month but decided they were not up to PX standards. That by the way is yuk speak meaning the broker/seller was not willing to 'pay' incentives to those with their snouts in the trough.
Things at PX only go from bad to worse ......
Bad enough their "new" Boeing 738 is grounded with dud engine parts. Ukraine registered B738 UR-SQO now flying for PX on a temporary basis ....
Bad enough their "new" Boeing 738 is grounded with dud engine parts. Ukraine registered B738 UR-SQO now flying for PX on a temporary basis ....
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I thought Omni Air International was doing charters for PX?
PNG is going from bad to really really worse, PNG got independence way too soon, without a proper transition period. Thank you Gough! Forget about the balus, the whole place buggerup. Em no gut.
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the whole place buggerup.
It was a shambles back in the early 90's when I was there and I still wonder just how it has kept going since then!
Suspect that $350 million+ of Aussie taxpayers money funnelled into PNG every year just continues to keep the shambles going on....
BTW; Anyone have any further info on whatever happened to all the Maseratis?
Last I heard only about one third of them had ever been accounted for.There must be some flash Boi Hauses around somewhere!
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I'm fairly certain all the Mazza's were accounted for and located in a warehouse in POM. The story is that the 'guards' removed all the batteries for the usual reasons and all the diesel was drained for stoves and lamps. They were turbo diesel engines and interestingly the vehicles did not comply with Australian regs; rendering exporting to AU unlikely.
PX has made some bad choices of late. Treatment of expat flight crew and engineers aside, the Airbus A220 (nee Bombardier C series) is not the answer for PNG. The country is suited to high wing turbo props and fuselage mounted engines (Fokker etc). Whilst there are a few runways capable of taking the B737 when the runway is not under repair and breaking up, at present I think only POM, Momote and Nadzab/Lae are suitable. Flying the A220 into shorter domestic aerodromes is never guaranteed due to the very low slung engines. Tarmac failures are a feature of PNG, poor repairs, graft and corruption leads to poor rebuilding of runways.
After the A220 is introduced, I'm thinking ingestion of a ground staff member may be on the cards.
PX has made some bad choices of late. Treatment of expat flight crew and engineers aside, the Airbus A220 (nee Bombardier C series) is not the answer for PNG. The country is suited to high wing turbo props and fuselage mounted engines (Fokker etc). Whilst there are a few runways capable of taking the B737 when the runway is not under repair and breaking up, at present I think only POM, Momote and Nadzab/Lae are suitable. Flying the A220 into shorter domestic aerodromes is never guaranteed due to the very low slung engines. Tarmac failures are a feature of PNG, poor repairs, graft and corruption leads to poor rebuilding of runways.
After the A220 is introduced, I'm thinking ingestion of a ground staff member may be on the cards.
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