PX plans four Aust flights before X-mas

AIR Niugini chief executive officer Bruce Alabaster says the airline will operate four Boeing 767 flights from Cairns, Australia, to Port Moresby between now and Christmas.
Flight PX 093 will operate on Oct 6, Nov 3 and 24, and on Dec 22.
He said the flights were mainly scheduled to carry freight for exporters in Far North Queensland up to Asia.
It will include fresh produce and fish from Cairns to Hong Kong and Singapore.
It is also available for passenger booking from Cairns to Port Moresby.
In the Port Moresby-Cairns leg, the flights will carry freight only to assist PNG exporters.
It will not carry any passenger because of the current Queensland government restriction on carrying passengers into Cairns on all international flights.
“Air Niugini is the longest serving international airline to Cairns, having commenced services 46 years ago, and we are pleased to be able to resume providing services to both PNG and Far North Queensland, albeit initially in a small way,” he said.
“We hope to be able to add more flights, and carry passengers southbound as well, as vaccination rates in Australia and PNG increase and border restrictions are lifted.”