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Airlines of Papua New Guinea is an airline based in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. It operates scheduled domestic flights, as well as contractual corporate charter work. Its main base is Jacksons International Airport, Port Moresby. Jump to: navigation, search A Boeing 747-400 belonging to Virgin Atlantic Airways, one of the UKs largest airlines. ... Port Moresby, population 193,242 (1990), is the capital of Papua New Guinea. ...

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History

The airline was established and started operations in 1987 and was originally known as Milne Bay Air. It operated as a charter company in the resource development industry. The airline obtained an RPT licence in September 1992 and received its airline licence in March 1997. It was formerly known as MBA Airline. Airlines of Papua New Guinea is wholly owned by John Wild. Jump to: navigation, search 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1992 was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1997(MCMXCVII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


Services

Airlines of Papua New Guinea operates the following services (atlnrejb]]):

  • International scheduled destinations: Cairns.

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Fleet

The Airlines of Papua New Guinea fleet consists of the following aircraft (at January 2005):

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  • Airlines of Papua New Guinea


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