What is Air Niugini?
'''Air Niugini''' is the [[flag carrier]] [[airline]] of [[Papua New Guinea]]. [[Port Moresby Airport]] is their main [[airline hub|hub]]. Air Niugini was founded in [[1973]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://airlinercafe.com/forums.php?m=posts&q=4730|title=AIRLINERCAFE.COM - Forums - Lost Schemes: #33 Air Niugini F28 Mk 1000 (1981)|access-date=25 April 2016|archive-date=23 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150323102312/http://airlinercafe.com/forums.php?m=posts&q=4730|url-status=dead}}</ref> The airline started [[international flight|flight]] to [[Australia]] in [[1975]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.michie.net/balus/px-history.html|title=The unofficial History of Air Niugini. The National Carrier of Papua New Guinea|author=Trevor Michie|access-date=25 April 2016}}</ref> The airline got its first [[Wide-Body Airliner|widebody airplane]] in [[1984]]. The 1990s were tough times for Air Niugini.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://airniuginiparadise.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/WEB_Paradise_Vol5_SepOct_LR.pdf |title=Paradise – Air Niugini’s in-flight magazine |year=2015 |publisher=Air Niugini |access-date=25 April 2016}}, p. 12</ref> To survive, the [[government]] helped the airline by cutting [[job|jobs]] and lowering [[wage|wages]] at the airline. In 2003, Air Niugini made its first [[profit]] in many years. The airline flies to 35 [[city|cities]] and has 33 [[airplane|airplanes]] as of 2016. ==Gallery== <gallery> File:Air Niugini Airbus A300B4-203 at Melbourne Airport.jpg|An Air Niugini [[Airbus A300]] in 1987 File:P2-PXE at Jacksons International Airport May 2015.jpg|An Air Niugini [[Boeing 737-800]] parked at Port Moresby Airport in [[2015]] </gallery> ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Papua New Guinea]] [[Category:Airlines of Oceania]] [[Category:1973 establishments in Oceania]]