Sack PX management

THE current Air Niugini CEO and general manager of operations must be immediately sacked over the current flight woes.
Their level of competency is questionable as they have placed huge financial losses to the company. This loss will only be transferred to the travelling public.
Air Niugini previously leased a B767-300 aircraft from Air New Zealand for a five-year period. These two had a period of five years to plan a proper replacement aircraft, either a proper lease or outright purchase.
Instead, at the 11th hour, they picked up the phone, made a few phone calls and settled for a cheaper option with Viva Macau’s B767, an aircraft which doesn’t have the full extended operations capabilities (ETOPS), hence limiting passengers.
They decided to continue leasing the aircraft despite acknowledging a 17% growth in passengers with 80-90% loading.
What we see now does not reflect a shrewd professional management team at the helm of our national airline.
I ask the Government to intervene and allow proper competent people to manage our airline.
No wonder most of Air Niugini’s very competent senior pilots have resigned or are intending to resign.

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