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4 January 2021

Flights into West New Britain Resume

Airline companies have been ordered to resume flights into and out of the Hoskins Airport in the West New Britain Province for a period of five days, beginning Saturday 02nd January 2021.

3 June 2020

PNG extends State of Emergency for two weeks

Papua New Guinea's parliament has voted to extend the country's State of Emergency for two weeks.

27 May 2020

Air Niugini Further Expands Domestic Services

Air Niugini will further expand domestic flights from next week in response to slowly recovering demand following the April lock down.

7 April 2020

Air Niugini says it is only bringing cargo into the country on international flights

Air Niugini has issued a statement to correct many misconceptions by the general public that their inbound international flights do not carry passengers.

7 April 2020

State of Emergency extended in Bougainville

Parliamentarians in the Papua New Guinea autonomous region of Bougainville have agreed to extend a State of Emergency imposed last month to help combat Covid-19.

20 March 2020

PNG to close borders after confirmation of first Covid-19 case

The prime minister of Papua New Guinea has announced a raft of restrictions in response to the country's first confirmed case of the Covid-19 coronavirus.