Airliner planes to bring jet planes

 The management of Travel Air is looking at bringing in jet aircraft into the country as a long term goal.

Apart from the fleet of Fokker 50 propeller aircraft, Travel Air or “Mangi Lo Peles” has plans of introducing bigger and faster planes in the near future.

However, Travel Air chief executive officer Tafayel Siddique said at the moment they were looking at affordable, reliable and economical types of aircraft that will best suit Papua New Guinea and its travelling public.

“Competition is healthy, but at the end of the day, it’s the service people want and we want to make that happen,” Siddique said.

“Coincidently, Buka airport was closed down on the day Travel Air launched its services into the Autonomous Region of Bougainville.

“This was due to the civil unrest or landowner disputes that had landowners closing down Buka airport.

“Due to the civil unrest, Civil Aviation Safety Authority has suspended Travel Air’s operations into Buka pending investigations to find out if Travel Air was aware of the notice.”

Siddique said despite the ban into Buka, Travel Air’s operations continue as normal to other ports in the country.