Fiji Sun – 2nd Feb, 2019
Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Peter O’Neil makes no secret of his desire to see PNG rival Fiji as a hub of the Pacific.
Recent traveller through Port Moresby’s Jacksons International Airport says some of this strategy seems to be working. Traveller reports Fiji, Vanuatu and Solomon Islands passengers on Air Niugini incoming flights connecting at Jacksons with Air Niugini outgoing flights on to Asia.
Traveller says an Air Niugini Fokker 100 flight he was on from Honiara to Jacksons was full, and most of the passengers were in transit to Asia.
Air Niugini operates through Port Moresby from Jacksons to Hong Kong, Japan, Philippines and Singapore. It still harbours ambitions to add China to its destinations despite an aborted launch last year. It appears to be increasingly trying to compete with Fiji Airways going into Asia. Read more:
