AIR NIUGINI APRIL 17 2022 For all passengers on Air Niugini flights arriving into Port Moresby from 1am on Monday, April 18, 2022, there is no longer a requirement to provide evidence at check-in of a negative PCR test, nor to complete the online health declaration form. The requirement to complete a rapid test on […]
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By MALUM NALU BACK in 1984, while doing Grade 11 at Aiyura National High School in the Eastern Highlands, my class did a weekend trek from Aiyura to Yonki. On a cold, wet, Saturday night, we overnighted at Arau Coffee Plantation run by a legendary Australian woman Muriel McGowan Larner. Larner, the mother of one
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APRIL 14 2022 This Easter, for the first time ever, the people of remote Maramuni in Enga will be able to travel to and from provincial capital Wabag for their goods and services. It is something that the people of this forgotten part of Papua New Guinea have not been able to do since Independence
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AIR NIUGINI APRIL 13 2022 Air Niugini wishes to advise the travelling public that the airline has now resumed its Fokker jet services to Nadzab airport, Lae. The resumption of Fokker flights has been made possible as National Airports Corporation (NAC) continue to progress with the present runway works, which are now at the stage
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AIR NIUGINI APRIL 13 2022 Passengers flying to Australia: Air Niugini is pleased to advise that effective 1am on April 18, previous requirements for COVID-19 testing requirements prior to travel will cease. Passengers will not need to get a test prior to departure to Australia, and hence can proceed directly to the Departures Check in
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APRIL 11 2022 On Saturday, April 2, 2022, chopper pilot Captain David Takendu of HeliSolutions flew us from remote Maramuni in Enga to Mt Hagen in Western Highlands. Due to very bad weather, David flew us to near the border with East Sepik, and then behind Kompiam-Ambum in Enga to Baiyer Valley in Western Highlands
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By MALUM NALU This article was first published in The National newspaper on Friday, April 8, 2022 As my good friend, veteran PNG helicopter pilot Captain James Pima looks for a hole in the clouds, I marvel at the magnificent natural tapestry below. Towering mountains, meandering rivers, cascading waterfalls, green virgin forests (which I hear
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APRIL 10 2022 Maramuni in Enga is a place of towering mountains, meandering rivers, cascading waterfalls, and green virgin forests which teem with wildlife. Amidst all these runs the 57km Maramuni Road, a lifeline to this cloud-covered Shangri-la between Enga and East Sepik, a land that time has forgotten. On Friday, April 1, 2022, the
APRIL 9 2022 Early in the morning of Saturday, April 2, 2022, as remote Maramuni in Enga is still waking up, I send my drone up to capture the breathtaking scenery. The drone flies over the steep Maramuni Airstrip, which tests even the most-experienced Papua New Guinea bush pilots, over the gorge through which the
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By MALUM NALU On Friday, April 1, 2022, I flew from Wapenamenda to remote Maramuni in Enga, bordering East Sepik, with Captain James Pima of HeliSolutions. We flew over Wabag and Sirunki before heading into the high country of Maramuni. Enga is amazingly beautiful with breathtaking scenery. Here are some pictures I took: