I think it was the big one further down the road towards Rabaul....Uluwan....not that there is a road to Rabaul of course.

BUSINESS
Air Niugini Cancels Hoskins Flight
https://postcourier.com.pg/air-niugi...oskins-flight/
Jul 2, 2019
Air Niugini’s fight, PX 7244/241 to Hoskins airport yesterday, was cancelled.
In addition, PX208 will not stop at Hoskins but will operate from Port Moresby to Lae and Rabaul.
This follows a review of Hoskins operations on Sunday which showed that there is still an unacceptable level of volcanic ash around the runway and taxiway.
Air Niugini will continue to review the situation and will advise when Hoskins Fights can resume.
“We advise passengers who plan to travel to Hoskins not to do so at this time as you could be stranded in Port Moresby.
Thank you for your understanding on this issue which is unfortunately beyond our control,” the company said.

Yep leased from Rolls. with RR care package wonder how that effects the T and C of the lease

Use the aircraft as the tester. Risk assessment??????

737 Swim
 

Has the final report into 737 being "flown" into water been released?

Heard that the draft was not very complimentary to PX.
Maybe gone to the same judges that ruled on the appeal to sanitise.

Same blue lagoon in HR.

"............ launch an investigation, ground the flight crew, and order the engines swapped out?
Nah! I think not …. it's PNG, the land of the unexpected."

Bit of a tough comment ref the crew really....they would only be following directions from the 4th Floor, who in turn likely following directions from Waigani. (Separation of Power....mmmmm, doubt it)

PNG, yep prob the land of the unexpected, but I'd say that whatever ANG does is very much expected, unlike the "old days" when Flt Ops were considered as "pretty damn good".

Tripla, about the sinking of a perfectly good aircraft report....hope not, the airline needs a good wake up call, and a truthful investigation would highlight its shortfall and hopefully build up from there.

Take a freaking strong Leader to do it though, especially with the Politics that operate here.

Does PX still have its engine "Healing Room"?

Volcanic dust injection probably needs the upgrade to the engine miracle room.

Fokker 70 P2-ANS

Flightaware and FR24 shows the aircraft has not moved from Port Moresby since October 2018. Any word why this may be?

Lets see...perhaps schedule, crewing, spare parts (in and taken), in house C checks....maybe no engines!!!!.

Outside the pay grade of those at the coal face, but at least it is in Country, not like those that had to be on sold (deposit lost???) Outside Country.

For those interested I have received a copy of the non negotiated 2015 contract variations. They are in italics and are self explanatory.

Contract variations

From the Age Newspaper...

" More than 20 people including pregnant women and children have reportedly been killed in tribal violence in Papua New Guinea.

Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister James Marape said those responsible for the fatal attacks could face the death penalty, warning the perpetrators “I’m coming for you”.

“Today is one of the saddest day of my life, many children and mothers innocently murdered in Munima and Karida villages of my electorate by Haguai, Liwi and OKiru gunmen,” Marape said in a statement on his Facebook page on Wednesday."


Further reporting https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-48932361


Be careful flying in and out of the highlands, I'd say tempers might be volatile.

Final Report PXE
 

I guess the fleet office along with the blue Lagoon are all praying for salvation. Not!!!

Looks like they are evaluating Fokker replacements........

https://www.ch-aviation.com/portal/n...00-replacement

It will take more than a change in fleet and media fairy dust from Bossman Alan

Don't worry about E190's it will never happen ! There is no stronger airframe than the Fokker, proven in 40+ years of PNG Ops.
PX cannot afford to clean a cabin properly, let alone buy new aircraft.
Unless the Chinese government donate a fleet of E190's, you will need additional crew, to cover a transition, engineers retrained to another type, a close by Simulator, and the list goes on.
If I was a 'bean counter' I would say another F70 or F100 airframe a million $ at most, lease two engines from RR, we know they can handle volcanic ash from recent trials at Hoskins. No never-never payments so if a machine does not fly or breaks down the financial burden is minimal. Based on airframes available and fatigue life, the F70/F100 probably has another 30+ years left in them. Way to go... (from a financial perspective)