AIR NIUGINI CANCELLS LEASE AGREEMENT AT COST OF REPUTATION OF FUTURE LEASES

Air Niugini management and board have decided to release the SkyUp aircraft as of tomorrow 18th February, one month earlier than planned.

This places Air Niugini's reputation to lease future excellent aircraft as thus one is on the line because they made it much uneconomical by cutting short the lease when originally guaranteed 3 months so secured a very lower lease rate than the one-man(Acting CEO) leased Bird of Paradise painted that has costed extra two engines at a tine of PGK30m+.

The termination of Skyup 737 lease puts future Air Niugini lease on black list .

This inexperience board chairman and Acting CEO needs attention of the people and Government.

This page calls for Government to.look onto this matter asap after the departure of this latest model aircraft. 

 

It truly saved the the unplanned peak period period of this inexperienced faces at Air Niugini Management and board. 

That all do that complaints came to a halt as soon as this aircraft started operations into Lae freed up between 6 to 8 Fokker flight equivalent passenger uplifts. 

The saved fokers then cleared up other backlogs in all other destinations such as Mt Hagen, Goroka, Wewak and Rabaul. 

A master strategy not quite realised yet by few that is not recognised.

This page believes that the next few months will be their telling period. 

We just hope things will fall back into Charlotte levels as underlying causes have yet to be rectified.

The government must not keep a blind eye to such mismanagement of our dear airline

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Puma Energy PNG to Significantly Reduce Operations

PRESS RELEASE

Puma Energy PNG to Significantly Reduce Operations

Port Moresby, 15 February 2024: Puma Energy PNG is taking steps to reduce the size of its 

operations and fuel supply proportionate to the capacity of its remaining banking channels. 

As part of this process, Puma Energy has begun to issue termination notices to customers and 

will aim to renegotiate contracts with new terms for lower volumes. In the meantime, remaining 

fuel stock in PNG will be allocated to emergency services and critical infrastructure as a priority

until a long-term, viable solution can be put in place to return the business to its full scale.

Puma Energy’s decision to reduce its business in PNG comes after careful consideration and 

extensive engagement with various government stakeholders, including the Bank of Papua New 

Guinea (BPNG) to find a long-term and sustainable banking solution. We have exhausted all currently available avenues to maintain the full scale of our operations. We will also need to suspend our previously planned US$ 150M growth investment program. 

Given the imminent fuel shortages that will inevitably result from the reduction of our operations, we once again urge the government to form a task force with the utmost urgency to ensure the country can continue to be supplied with fuel and to minimise the impact on communities and the economy. 

Despite Puma Energy’s reduced business, we remain committed to PNG and will continue to work with various government entities to find both long-term and short-term solutions. 

Since 2014 Puma Energy has been a committed partner in PNG, investing significantly in its 

operations to improve energy security, affordability and access across the country. The company 

employs over 500 direct skilled workers and created over 2,500 indirect jobs in PNG through its 

supply chain.

The Puma Energy Group works with over 50 banks around the world to support its operations across more than 30 countries worldwide. These banks include some of the most stringent and globally recognised financial institutions.

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Seven Abreast Seating

The Boeing 767 had one of the most passenger-friendly economy class layouts, with just one middle seat per row. The 767 was a comfortable and immensely popular aircraft for Australian domestic travel on the East Coast corridor and transcontinental flights to Perth.

While the Boeing 767 was narrower than previous wide-body designs, seven abreast seating with two aisles could be fitted, and the reduced width produced less aerodynamic drag.

Using a conventional tail design also allowed the rear fuselage to be tapered over a shorter section, providing for parallel aisles along the entire length of the passenger cabin and eliminating irregular seat rows toward the aircraft's rear.

Early 767 customers were given the choice of Pratt & Whitney JT9D or General Electric CF6 turbofans, marking the first time that Boeing had offered more than one engine option at the launch of a new airliner.

Ansett Boeing 767-204 VH-RMK departed Seattle on 22 December 1994 for the ferry flight to Australia as AN5981, arriving in the basic 'Ansett Australia' livery but with a plain light-blue tail. Formerly a Brittania aircraft, it was leased and bought by Ansett.

Credit - Rob Finlayson ©

#DomesticComfort #Boeing767 #VHRMK #Starmark #AnsettAustralia 🇦🇺

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