AIR NIUGINI RESUMES JET OPERATIONS TO GURNEY AIRPORT

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Air Niugini will resume jet operations to Gurney Airport in Alotau, Milne Bay Province, effective tomorrow, Tuesday 25th November. This follows the completion of runway upgrade works by the National Airports Corporation (NAC), allowing the safe return of Boeing services to the province as well as services with the new Airbus A220 “The People’s Balus”. 

The first returning service, PX 154, will be operated by a Boeing 737, departing Port Moresby at 9:30am and arriving in Alotau at 10:25am. The return flight, PX 155, will depart Gurney at 11:05am and arrive back in Port Moresby at 12:00pm.

The scheduled Boeing 737 flights to Gurney will operate every Thursday beginning next week. The B737 also services Lae, Manus and Kavieng as part of Air Niugini’s domestic network.

In addition to the Boeing 737, the upgraded runway will also accommodate the operation of Air Niugini’s Airbus A220 aircraft, which will commence scheduled flights to Alotau every Tuesday, with additional services planned during the peak travel period to meet demand.

The Boeing 737 last operated into Gurney in 2024, prior to the commencement of the airport improvement program. Air Niugini acknowledges and thanks the National Airports Corporation (NAC) for completing the runway improvements and also expresses appreciation to the traveling public for their patience throughout the airport upgrade period.

Air Niugini looks forward to welcoming passengers onboard both the Boeing 737 and Airbus A220 as jet services return to Milne Bay Province.

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Corporate Communications Department 

Monday 24th November, 2025

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ALL FIFTEEN MAJOR DOMESTIC AIRPORTS CAN ACCOMMODATE THE AIRBUS A220

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Air Niugini CEO, Gary Seddon, has announced that comprehensive technical studies undertaken by the aircraft manufacturer, Airbus, have confirmed that all 15 airports currently served by the Fokker fleet can accommodate the incoming A220 aircraft.

The Airbus A220 Pavement Compatibility Study of Papua New Guinea Airports has declared that the Airbus A220 is capable of operating across all current Air Niugini domestic jet routes.

“Airbus and Air Niugini have thoroughly evaluated the performance of both the A220-100 and A220-300 models and confirmed these aircraft can serve every airport where our Fokker 70s and 100s operate,” Mr Seddon said.

“This is very good information for our travelling public who will have more comfortable flights that are on-time and more efficient.

“Our new A220s can land at existing PNG domestic airports according to safe International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) compliance conditions.

The relevant data has been conveyed to the National Airports Corporation (NAC), and our other stakeholders, who are all working together to ensure that the transition to our new Air Niugini fleet is a success.

The replacement of our Fokker fleet with Airbus A220s will be a massive change for Air Niugini. The first of these aircraft arrives in September this year.

As the Fokker aircraft have aged, maintenance costs have escalated, and replacement parts often require time to order, causing flight delays and disruptions.

“Due to infrastructure limitations at certain domestic airports in PNG, it will be necessary to apply specific flight restrictions to some A220 operations. In instances where payload or fuel limits are required, flight operations will be adjusted accordingly to maintain full compliance with safety and performance standards. These restrictions are expected to affect only a small number of routes operating into shorter or lower-strength runways. 

Ultimately, the A220’s superior efficiency and performance means that even at a reduced weight it can carry out flights that meet or exceed what the Fokkers could achieve from those airports. 

"This is an exciting time for aviation in Papua New Guinea, which has been a long time in coming following talk of replacing the Fokkers for nearly two decades, and now we are making it happen."

“Passenger and freight costs will reduce, and importantly, we will get flight schedules running on time because we have new and reliable aircraft.”

The domestic airports into which the A220 can operate are as follows:

• POM / AYPY-Port Moresby

• LAE / AYNZ-Lae Nadzab Tomodachi

• KVG / AYKV-Kavieng

• MAS / AYMO-Manus (Momote)

• GUR / AYGN-Alotau (Gurney) 

• HGU / AYMH-Mt Hagen (Kagamuga)

• RAB / AYTK-Rabaul (Tokua) 

• VAI / AYVN-Vanimo

• BUA / AYBK-Buka

• GKA / AYGA-Goroka 

• HKN / AYHK -Kimbe (Hoskins)

• WWK / AYWK-Wewak 

• MAG / AYMD-Madang

• KIE / AYIQ -Kieta

All international destinations currently serviced by Air Niugini Fokker and Boeing aircraft will accommodate the Airbus A220.

Pic caption: The airports currently served by Air Niugini’s Fokker fleet can accommodate the A220 

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Corporate Communications Department 

Monday 04th August, 2025

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