Three long serving employees of PNG Air have proudly spoken of their early days with the airline when it began operations in 1987.
They include acting CEO Stanley Stevens, Chief Commercial Officer, Simon Pitt and Lae Sales and Reservations Manager, Jennifer Ahab.
“We are pleased to be able to share this anniversary announcement today. The airline is pleased to have many long serving staff still with us and will be highlighting their stories throughout the year of celebrations,” said acting CEO Stevens.
In announcing the airline’s 35th year of service today, PNG Air announced a K35 reduction for all tickets bought starting from (today) March 30th to 8th April 2022 for travel between 25th April to 5th June 2022.
For Jennifer, she began her career with PNG Air as the first female load master some 25 years back before moving to Lae to manage the Nadzab Office in the year 2000.
“I have since been looking after the Lae Sales Team and I am proud to be an employee of PNG Air”, she said.
PNG Air commenced operations on 30th June 1987. It was registered as Milne Bay Airlines (MBA) by founder late Sir John Wild Snr. (Sir MBA).
In 2001 it changed its name to Airlines PNG and again in 2015 rebranded to PNG Air.
The airline has grown over the years with introduction of new air crafts like ATR 72-600 and expanded its services throughout Papua New Guinea.
Chief Commercial Officer, Simon Pitt said, to commemorate the airlines 35th anniversary, a logo for this specific occassion will set the bench mark for activities the airline company plans to do throughout the year.
“The logo is a representation of all the distinct elements of our livery represented through the Bird of Paradise,” said Mr. Pitt.
PNG Air customers are advised to use the promotion code ‘PNGAIR35’ when doing bookings.
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