Air Niugini News
 

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>>>> Can anyone confirm when -FIY will replace -FII?


EDIT: Post Air Niugini news such as equipment changes here!

And I thought they were getting a "brand new" 767????

Japan continues with a K12.0m subsidy p.a.

Nothing in the other news says its viable. Do I hear PX made a K90.0m loss in the last year?

KUL will draw away from the successful SIN services, yet is unlikely to create any new traffic.

HKG direct is good news, as is MNL twice per week.

Ole!

What's this brand new 767 you're talking about Maisk Rotum??

And no, PX have not made a loss in the last year. However, things are not looking so good for the coming year/s unfortunatly, hence things are changing!

They certainly need to.

'why' so many aircraft

'why' so many different types of aircraft

'why' cant they have 2 x 757's instead of 1 x 767 & 757?

crazy stuff :{:{:{

Why so many aircraft?

My guess is that there is demand on the domestic market and therefore more aircraft are required. Specially since the OSL contract.

Why so many aircraft types?

There isn't that many...Dash8, F100, B757/B767 (i wouldn't really count the E-jets).

Why can't they have 2 757's instead of 1 767 and 1 757?

Because they require the 767 for its freight capacity.

Neither the 767 or the 757 are involved in domestic operations. There is one dedicated Dash 8 freighter and there always seems to be a F-100 in the hanger these days.

As for the E-jets, surely these toys can only be seen as 'stop-gap' aircraft until either something better comes along that will actually carry all the baggage (and freight) legally or the regulators get interested. Somehow, though I doubt it.

NZ2
 

Seem to be getting a little toey on this subject. Also heard locally that PX making big losses at present. Good to see that they doing things about it.
What's the feeling within the camp about the DJ competition starting in a few weeks time?
You seem to have good knowledge on other goings on?

PB - TIM

7mile
Is the F100 you see in the hanger the same one every time? or a different one. Becuase if it is a different one, perhaps "maintenance" is being carried out...just maybe?

PB
PX doesn't seem to be too worried about the competition, but are very aware they need to lift their game if they are to retain their current customers. Thank goodness! This DJ thing might be very beneficial to PX customers.
And yes, there is a RUMOUR going around that PX are out of money, a RUMOUR only i have been told.


NZ2

Different F-100's undergoing "C" checks.

Pixie rumoured to be out of money, nah, but always plenty of rumours of envelopes moving around.

What routes are the E-Jets doing for PX?

BNE-POM-HIR-NAN and return.

Initially BNE-POM-SYD-POM-BNE but the 757 is now doing POM-SYD.

Cheers :)

..and E145 is doing POM-CNS-POM.

NZ2

Check out the new website!
http://airniugini.com.pg/

Bits are missing still and there are a few typos LOL


NZ2.

PX News
 

The F100's in the hangar are under heavy maintenance all having 4000 and 6000 hour checks accomplished. 3 aircraft this year and 2 next year need the visits. A wet leased E145 fills the Cairns-POM void in the mean time.
The rumour that PX is short of cash is fundamentally true but is generally due to fuel costs hitting hard in the last 6 months and wet leased 767 operations early this year.
Both of these operartional issues are now resolved and cash flow is unchanged or improving so no basic changes here, just normal market fluctuations.
The 757 to KL is generally meant to relieve heavy loads out of SIN due to the KL passengers generally transit through SIN. Malaysia was happy to accomodate agreeing to many free services in KL to attract the extra services. Essentially anouther SIN sector.
The 757 is now almost fully untilized and a follow on 737-700 or equivalent should be added 4th qtr next year.


Domestic service is working better and the new D8 fleet captain is making a significant imporvement in efficiency.
Constant runway improvements are caiusing havoc.

Any word on who has thrown their caps into the ring for the MLO's position.
Get a person with half an idea,which wouldn't be hard and I'm sure the efficiency would go up three fold,not to mention the fact that most of the pilots would be somewhat happier with crewing.

I must add that things are very slowly turning around,especially given the fact that about 70% of all pilots are under training.

:ok:

Another type? Help save the pixies!

Todays Post Courier whilst not very subtle is certainly to the point.

Interesting questions that I doubt will be answered.

Why is Air Niugini leasing more aircraft?
APPARENTLY perfectly good F100 aircraft are lying around the airport while a squadron of leased aircraft are doing the work.
In previous years the airline made money.
Now they admit they are losing money since the new general manager took over.
There is that absolutely horrible little Embraer 145 on the Cairns service. What did we do to deserve that?
There is the quite presentable Embraer 190 on the Honiara run which somehow misses out on Port Vila half way between Honiara and Nandi. Why?
Both the Cairns and the Solomon Island service can be done comfortably, in many ways, with the F100. Why these two aircraft from Sky World?
Is there any substance in the claim that there is a less than arms length relationship or distance between certain members of Air Niugini expatriate administration staff and the managers of Sky World?
In addition to the two Sky World aircraft there have been so many other leased aircraft as to make one’s head swim.
The Viva Macau 767 and that other joke that could not fly from Port Moresby to Narita directly but had to circuit the whole South West Pacific Ocean, turning a six hour trip into a 10-hour trip or more.
Now we have the Icelandic 757. Quite a nice plane but at what price?
Isn’t this the same mob that were mentioned in the PNG Diary scandal many years ago?
And the 767 which seems parked more than it is operating.
How could anyone lose eight million kina plus, on the Japanese service?
Now, however, the Government is going to put up K12 million to subsidise the Japanese route.
The boys can budget to lose that as well.
And that is just the overseas sector, discounting the absurd foray into KL.
The domestic routes are falling apart.
When are the F70s to arrive? Will they also be leased?
It has been suggested that the poor performance of Air Niugini could be leading up to a situation where the national airline will be ripe for a bankruptcy takeover in the not too distant future.
Of course that is just pure rubbish.

:=

Who's getting more,is it the Indian or the Canadian ? Bankruptcy take over ay, by who ? SKY AIR WORLD ! I wouldn't doubt it for one minute ! :ugh::ugh::ugh::ugh:

LOL, more EMB-145's

Waghi, not Indian but from a little island at the southern tip of the sub continent. Also heard mention about a south pacific island mate as well.

Sky Air World take over ANG, why, they are on a good thing as it is.

who is ANG?

And another letter in today's ( Wednesday ) Pos-Guria.

Flight stunt

Direct flights from Port Moresby to Kuala Lumpur is a political stunt, there is no other explanation.
Malaysia is right next door to Singapore and we already have two flights a week to Singapore. There are about 20 connecting flights from Singapore to Kuala Lumpur every day and it’s less than 30 minutes flying time. It doesn’t make any economic sense to have direct flights to Kuala Lumpur unless we can guarantee full flights every trip. Having direct flights to KL before having direct flights to Melbourne, Jakarta, Beijing or Honolulu is hard to fathom. It can only be due to political pressure. We almost lost the flight to Narita in favour of Kuala Lumpur. They said the direct flight from KL will lure business travellers and tourists. But business travellers will still travel via Singapore even if there are no direct flights, because they want what we have (resources). Only tourists are lured by direct flights because then they use up less of their holiday time in travelling. But the tourism market from Malaysia will be very small. How many Malaysian tourists have we seen in PNG lately? Zip. Maybe direct flights from KL to Wewak will be next.

Skystar.....ANG is a reference to Air Niugini , AKA... PX / Pixie / Air Nogat / Air Yu Gimi / and a few others that cannot be mentioned here

......maybe a direct flight to Colombo with a satellite office set up in Kotte....;)

But whatever happens, the good old days of Pixie have gone forever never to return and maybe pixie will go too.:rolleyes:

Re the KL services, I hear that an investigation into the relationships between certain senior PX Directors and the PX agent representative in Malaysia may be warranted and shed some light on the haste to operate this flight. Though no expert, I would have thought it would make more sense commercially to add a 3rd SIN flight, scales of economy, personnel already in place, better connectivity, better disrupt recovery options, etc. But then, the incentives may have been too great to ignore!;)

Sharpie, perhaps the Colombo office could act as an agent for Ela Motors as well. Bit far away to manage all the Aussie flats (apartments) though.

Pixie is really like the whole country..................................................












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C'mon guys!
 

I really didn't want this thread to turn into a 'lets bag Air Niugini' thread.
The purpose of starting this thread was more to create a place where we can post NEWS, like equipment changes etc. NOT a place where you lot can all act as though you would run the airline perfectly if you were ever made CEO of PX.

Everyone moaning on PPRuNe is not going to fix anything anyway.

I have noticed that a few things that have been said so far in this thread show that the people writing the post have simply no idea!



NZ2.

Thanks for that NewZealand2. I am starting with ANG soon and it would be nice to hear a few more positive comments. From my point of view it is nice not to have to fork out $K of dollars for the endorsement. Money which would otherwise be forever lost to me and my family.

E&H
 

E&H i'm sure you will enjoy your time in PNG. You will find out soon enough if it is the place for you or not.

I'm told flying in PNG is both enjoyable and a challenge.

All the best.


NZ2.

NZ2 easily fixed , start a new thread;)

There you go NZ2, give us all the benefit of your superior knowledge and correct where we have .

7mile:rolleyes:

Ok so PX has increased seat capacity and introducing new routes.
Thats good, except when doing so, competent management would only do that to satisfy a demand that is already there, or based on actual forcast growth in passeger numbers.
I somehow do not see any of the above two cases.
Good luck to those who do believe that increasing capacity will automatically increase revenue.
Time will tell..... but then again acountabily is not a work synonumous with PX (PNG), so long as the polies are fed.

From today's Post Guria
 

Air Niugini’s Single Line Salary Attracts Former Pilots
Monday: November 10, 2008


Air Niugini has introduced a single line salary for national and expatriate pilots aimed at enticing its former national pilots back from overseas airlines, reports the Post Courier.

Chief executive officer Wasan-tha Kumarasiri said many pilots and engineers left the airline for other airlines in the world in search of better salaries than what Air Niugini could pay.

However, as they approach 35 years of operations the current board and management came up with a single level salary and promotion.

Six former Air Niugini pilots who had worked with foreign airlines have returned and others would soon rejoin the national carrier.

This was in the weekend Post Courier


Air safety tops PX priority

Safety will always remain Air Niugini’s top priority and it will not give in easily to criticisms levelled against it for flight delays and cancellations, chief executive officer Wasantha Kumarasiri says.
“Safety is of top priority in the operation of Air Niugini. We will consider safety first over commercial interests,” he said.
“When Air Niugini is criticised for delays and cancellations, the travelling public must appreciate the fact that safety is of paramount importance to the national airline and we will not take risks or compromise safety.”
Mr Kumarasiri was speaking to business and government representatives at the State-owned airline’s 35th anniversary on Thursday in Port Moresby which also saw some long-serving staff of the airline including its partners receiving certificates of appreciation.
Last year, the airline uplifted almost 960,000 passengers making its mark close to 1 million passengers. It operates internationally to Honiara in Solomon Islands, Nadi in Fiji, Cairns, Brisbane, Sydney, Manila in the Philippines, Hong Kong, Narita in Japan and the Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia. It started operating to Kuala Lumpar last month. It also operates within the country.
Recently the airline has been copping criticisms from frustrated passengers on flight delays and cancellations, which in some circumstances have happened continuously.
“We can proudly say that in the world’s most challenging aviation environments, Air Niugini has maintained very high standard in safety with 35 years of record,” Mr Kumarasiri said.
“This result has been achieved through strict operating standards, high levels of maintenance and training and risk curtailment.
“Some critics say, we don’t know what we’re doing, we take on constructive criticism and include this in our assessment and keep the focus on our job.”


tipsy

So who's coming back ? We have got one old timer back so far,a Dash 8 Captain who had a bit of a medical (?????? :ugh::ugh::ugh::ugh::ugh:) problem at Lihir Island a few years ago.

What about the Sherrif ? Maybe he could take the MLO or the CPs position ?


DOH :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

Anyone know what the current pay rate is for the F100 (Capts and FO) and if they are looking for F100 type rated pilots?

Waghi Warrior;

I dont think that bloke will have to worry about being rostered for the Lihir overnights! :}

It will be interesting to see the Fokker F70 aircraft operational. It looks like hopefully they will replace the EMB-145 aircraft on the CNS - POM route?

Px F70
 

I think the F70 is not likely under the circumstances, but who knows where things will end up in 2 months, I think major changes are going to happen in Feb, 2009. VB will fold their tent and go home is my prediction.
The E145 is soon to be history, pax don't like it and it was to fill a void due to recent heavy maintenance on F100.
I get a kick out of all the down side remarks on a KL 757 run, doesen't anyone look at the past 3 years lift out of Malaysia into OZ. It is posted by the OZ government bless their hearts, good value in KL as those familiar with the rising costs in Singapore would be aware of.

Today's ATC strike should be a wake up on saftey, how long before these CAA dumbkaufs cause an accident.