Zkojh From China, joined Sep 2004, 1501 posts, RR: 1 Posted (5 years 4 days ago) and read 12566 times:
came across this , a bit bigger then the 767 they already use,
''It is an exciting time for Air Niugini, as General Manager Marketing Colin Lyttle, pointed out, noting that the arrival of the first flagship 747 and the future order of a 787 reflected the commitment from the government to the infrastructure of the airline.''
Zkpilot From New Zealand, joined Mar 2006, 4739 posts, RR: 10 Reply 2, posted (5 years 3 days 23 hours ago) and read 12286 times:
why on earth do Air Niugini want or need a 747 for?
787 maybe but really the most they will ever be is a small regional airline needing 737 sized aircraft to fly to Australia, Taiwan, Indonesia and other nearby countries.
Miami1 From Australia, joined Feb 2001, 706 posts, RR: 0 Reply 3, posted (5 years 3 days 23 hours ago) and read 12265 times:
Just another example of a third world bankrupt nation pouring wasted funds into a non-entity instead of feeding and educating its people. I would hardly call the Niugini tourist industry thriving or hardly evan existent.
MCOGVADCA From China, joined Oct 2006, 442 posts, RR: 0 Reply 5, posted (5 years 3 days 21 hours ago) and read 11915 times:
Port Moresby...the next Dubai. You heard it here first.
Quoting Scouseflyer (Reply 4): ust another example of a third world bankrupt nation pouring wasted funds into a non-entity instead of feeding and educating its people. I would hardly call the Niugini tourist industry thriving or hardly evan existent.
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DJ748 From Australia, joined Jul 2006, 355 posts, RR: 0 Reply 6, posted (5 years 3 days 21 hours ago) and read 11878 times:
What the? The 787 I can understand, but the 747 is way over the top. The 787 could be useful on their flights to NRT and would open up other non-stop destinations like maybe PVG or even DXB.....
Cchan From New Zealand, joined May 2003, 1702 posts, RR: 2 Reply 8, posted (5 years 3 days 19 hours ago) and read 11547 times:
Quoting Zkojh (Thread starter): noting that the arrival of the first flagship 747
They have a new delivery of a 767, that is as far as I know. Never heard of anything about a 747, and does the runway at POM take a 747? Has the press got it wrong again?!
Even the 767 is too big if it wasn't for the freight. They ideally want a 767 combi if one exists.
Quoting Zkpilot (Reply 2): why on earth do Air Niugini want or need a 747 for?
787 maybe but really the most they will ever be is a small regional airline needing 737 sized aircraft to fly to Australia, Taiwan, Indonesia and other nearby countries.
I flew HKG-MNL-POM and POM-MNL-HKG with PX in April, the A310 was packed full between MNL and POM both ways. A 767 passenger is probably the right size, but a 767 combi won't work for them.
Quoting Miami1 (Reply 3): I would hardly call the Niugini tourist industry thriving or hardly evan existent.
Most tourists to PNG come from Australia. You are right that it is one of the least visited country for tourists. I was probably the only tourist on board the PX flights I took last month (HKG-MNL-POM-HGU-POM-MNL-HKG).
Not anymore. Most Papua New Guineans would take that statement as an insult. Indeed, they are one of the friendliest people on earth. Crime is bad, but people are very helpful.
Qantas787 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 9, posted (5 years 3 days 19 hours ago) and read 11361 times:
I think this is just a belated April Fool joke. It just has to be. There are some real clowns out there masquerading as airline CEO's but this one takes it to the next level. Can't you just see it, happy they have placed their 90 seater, now what to do with the 400 seater?
787KQ From United States of America, joined Mar 2006, 547 posts, RR: 0 Reply 10, posted (5 years 3 days 16 hours ago) and read 9767 times:
Very amusing! Somebody is smoking something. The airline could use some redundancy by getting an additional 767 rather than adding a 747, which makes no sense.
An unfortunately, PNG though not a bad place, is not tourist ready.
EA772LR From United States of America, joined Mar 2007, 2836 posts, RR: 10 Reply 12, posted (5 years 3 days 16 hours ago) and read 9477 times:
Quoting Autothrust (Reply 11): Do i smell political pressure from the US = No plane, no aid? banghead Sad for the people, its like pressuring Tanzania to buy A380's.
What are you talking about??? They're not buying new 748s.....they're taking second hand 747s......
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AutoThrust From Switzerland, joined Jun 2006, 1480 posts, RR: 8 Reply 13, posted (5 years 3 days 16 hours ago) and read 9414 times:
Quoting EA772LR (Reply 12): What are you talking about??? They're not buying new 748s
Apologizes, my fault i thought we are talking about this.
Quote:
Nigerian carrier Arik Air has signed a letter of intent covering three Boeing 747-8 Intercontinentals which, if firmed, would make it only the second commercial airline to order the passenger variant.
EA772LR From United States of America, joined Mar 2007, 2836 posts, RR: 10 Reply 15, posted (5 years 3 days 15 hours ago) and read 8789 times:
Quoting AutoThrust (Reply 13):
Apologizes, my fault i thought we are talking about this.
Quote:
Nigerian carrier Arik Air has signed a letter of intent covering three Boeing 747-8 Intercontinentals which, if firmed, would make it only the second commercial airline to order the passenger variant.
Looks like I'm the one that needs to apologize.... My bad mate! I didn't read the article, just the above posts.....All this talk about 747's lately has us all mixed up
[Edited 2008-05-21 08:31:30]
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US330 From United States of America, joined Aug 2000, 3746 posts, RR: 14 Reply 16, posted (5 years 3 days 15 hours ago) and read 8789 times:
Quoting MCOGVADCA (Reply 5): Port Moresby...the next Dubai. You heard it here first.
I disagree...the amount of time that it would take to turn Port Moresby around to make it even resemble Dubai would be more than enough time for other Dubai-like entities to arise.
Yes, PNG has a bounty of in demand natural resources, like the gulf emirates, although slightly more diversified, but the emirates were never considered to be among the most dangerous places in the world. I can't say the same for Port Moresby, which is frequently rated among the most dangerous cities/capitals in the world.
MCOGVADCA From China, joined Oct 2006, 442 posts, RR: 0 Reply 18, posted (5 years 3 days 14 hours ago) and read 8264 times:
Quoting Jfk777 (Reply 17): I disagree...the amount of time that it would take to turn Port Moresby around to make it even resemble Dubai would be more than enough time for other Dubai-like entities to arise.
Yes, PNG has a bounty of in demand natural resources, like the gulf emirates, although slightly more diversified, but the emirates were never considered to be among the most dangerous places in the world. I can't say the same for Port Moresby, which is frequently rated among the most dangerous cities/capitals in the world.
I was making a wee joke, my friend. Port Moresby's up there with N'Djamena and Ashgabat on the "capitals its best to avoid as an American" list.
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Manfredj From United States of America, joined Mar 2007, 1132 posts, RR: 0 Reply 19, posted (5 years 3 days 13 hours ago) and read 7995 times:
Quoting Autothrust (Reply 11): Do i smell political pressure from the US = No plane, no aid? Sad for the people, its like pressuring Tanzania to buy A380's.
I think that's the craziest accusation I have ever heard....you should stop listening to the BBC.
Vincewy From Taiwan, joined Oct 2005, 767 posts, RR: 0 Reply 20, posted (5 years 3 days 13 hours ago) and read 7615 times:
Wow, I must have missed out the drama here, as some messages were deleted (very amusing). I was thinking if it makes sense to go for 744 combi, slightly larger capacity than 767 but can also hold some cargos. SW did this for a while.
AutoThrust From Switzerland, joined Jun 2006, 1480 posts, RR: 8 Reply 21, posted (5 years 3 days 12 hours ago) and read 7348 times:
Quoting EA772LR (Reply 15): ooks like I'm the one that needs to apologize.... My bad mate! I didn't read the article, just the above posts.....All this talk about 747's lately has us all mixed up
No worries, indeed this all has mixed us up While i still would like to see some more 747-8I orders.
Quoting Manfredj (Reply 19):
I think that's the craziest accusation I have ever heard....you should stop listening to the BBC.
Wake up, thats no accusation such things happen a lot, do a search on A.net and you will find lots of such cases also on the other side of the pond(Airbus/Air India). Most African orders are political why do you think El Al only buys Boeings even they wanted to buy A330's?
Just an example:
Quote: "Madeleine Albright, then-US Secretary of State, publicly reminded the Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak of the unique relationship that existed between the United States and Israel - and the US$3 billion annual in support. This position was later reiterated, adding that the US may review its support, would the carrier not stick to Boeing as a sole aircraft supplier."
777ER From New Zealand, joined Dec 2003, 11318 posts, RR: 17 Reply 23, posted (5 years 3 days 10 hours ago) and read 6579 times:
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Does Air Nuiginui operate the LAX? If it doesn't then maybe we could see them operating long hauls like the the USA.
Maybe just maybe the B744 is just a temporary measure till the B787s arrive
Quote:
"Madeleine Albright, then-US Secretary of State, publicly reminded the Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak of the unique relationship that existed between the United States and Israel - and the US$3 billion annual in support. This position was later reiterated, adding that the US may review its support, would the carrier not stick to Boeing as a sole aircraft supplier."
I have to say, (although I know things like this happen all over the world), it is disappointing to see such financial transactions
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25 SQ6807: For me the most interesting thing to note about the article is the deployment of an E190 POM-SYD. That's no short distance for the E-Jet, in fact I ha
26 MotorHussy: Amazing that I couldn't find anything on the Air Niugini website about the E-190, the 747 or the 787. Isn't Sky Air World the same Australian company
27 MilesDependent: Port Moresby is not one of the more pleasant places in the world, and definitely has a serious crime problem. Although, it is definitely better now th
28 Brenintw: After the recent cash-for-recognition scandal, a very hot place will likely freeze over before this destination happens!
29 Cchan: The only international destinations PX flies to are BNE, CNS, SYD, HIR, NAN, SIN, MNL, HKG, and NRT. I can't see there're lots of Americans wanting t
30 CupraIbiza: sarcasm alert!!! PS there is no way this will get off the ground
31 NZA320: Correct, but I believe they where using a E-170 which was payload restricted on one of the legs and it basically became uneconomical to use on that r
32 DavidByrne: CX and NZ used to take 6-monthly turns at operating a weekly 742 service AKL-POM-HKG. Didn't last long, though.[Edited 2008-05-21 23:01:20]
33 MotorHussy: Did it last 6 months? As an aside, there is a lot of developmental and infrastructural programmes being proposed for PNG. There is even a new city wi
34 StealthZ: Sure does... Have to admit the loads were pretty light.... had the run of the plane, passengers outnumbered crew but not by much!
35 DavidByrne: I think it lasted at least three turns. If I recall, NZ was struggling on AKL-HKG and this was advantageous to all three airlines - with CX and PX bo
36 Cchan: Very unfortunately, the tourism office at POM international terminal is semi-permanently closed, with just a few brochures of Loloata Resort outside
37 DJ748: It was payload restricted on the BNE to Solomons Island leg because SkyAirWorld doesn't have the ETOPS authority that was needed for them to get arou
38 787KQ: Somewhat unsafe, but reports suggest it is a real hell hole, which is not the case. It is definitely not tourist ready as I said before but its not t
39 HSVflier: Port moresby is not the place to be at night, but during the day you can walk around as long as you don't act like a lost tourist and at least pretend
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Sad for the people, its like pressuring Tanzania to buy A380's.
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My bad mate! I didn't read the article, just the above posts.....All this talk about 747's lately has us all mixed up 
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While i still would like to see some more 747-8I orders.
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