Starting April 3, 2021, Air Niugini will increase its flight services between Port Moresby and Hong Kong from once to twice weekly.
Under a codeshare arrangement, services will be operated by Air Niugini’s Boeing 767 aircraft, in partnership with Cathay Pacific Airways.
Flights to Hong Kong continued in October last year, operating every Wednesday which allowed freight and travellers to and from Port Moresby. But with this new flight schedule, visitors can now travel on Wednesdays - and Saturdays.
Air Niugini Chief Executive Officer, Mr Bruce Alabaster said, “Hong Kong is a major global gateway and connecting hub for both passengers and freight, and Hong Kong’s home-based airline Cathay Pacific is one of the largest and most respected airlines in Asia. When we resumed Hong Kong flights in October last year we were confident that the service would quickly become popular with both travellers and freight shippers – and this has proved to be the case.”
He continued, “With Singapore and Manila still effectively closed for transfer/transit passengers, we are sure that the capability of Air Niugini and Cathay Pacific, as well as our other three partner carriers, to provide seamless and convenient transfers via Hong Kong, including issuing of boarding passes from origin to destination, and through check-in of bags to the final destination, will prove to be a winner with our customers."
From April 3, flight PX008/CX6898 leaves POM at 1500 on Wednesdays and Saturdays, arriving in Hong Kong at 1935 local time. In the return direction, flight PX019/CX6899 departs Hong Kong on Wednesdays and Saturdays at 2045 local time, arriving POM at 0530am on Thursday and Sunday mornings.
Air Niugini resumes operations with strict safety and health measures.
