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Behind in procurement
IT is absolutely amazing how the
management of Air Niugini, from past to present, have appeared
oblivious to the need to arrange for timely aircraft replacement
for incumbent leased aircraft prior to the expiry of the Boeing
767 aircraft.
For the management not to address the obvious, denotes a level
of incompetence that is all the more intolerable given that such
situation had occurred on numerous occasions in the past.
The public needs to be aware that procurement of suitable
replacement aircraft takes time given that airplanes are not
like cars in sales yards just waiting for clients to come along
and buy them.
Established clients much bigger than Air Niugini, for example
Qantas, Singapore Airlines and Emirates to name a few, place
their orders years in advance and then wait in a queue for their
orders to be available.
The aviation market is heating up now and small companies like
Air Niugini will be hard pressed to find suitable aircraft
without anticipated prior arrangement done in a timely fashion.
It is high time knowledgeable people in the industry are given
the rein of running the airline both at the management and at
board level.
The total breakdown today speaks volume of the level of sheer
incompetence and the shareholders, who happen to be the
travelling public, should not have to put up with this affront.
After more than 30 years of independence, we are still dealing
in dated technology while the likes of small Pacific neighbours
like Fiji are pushing ahead with a fleet of Boeing 747-400,
B737-800/900 and B787 Dreamliner.
So what have we got to beat our chest in pride for?
Capt James Makop (B747-400)
Jade Cargo
International,
Shenzhen, China
 
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