Retro

Retro

50 Years

P2-PXA

B737-860

Air Niugini

2023-

Air Niugini celebrated 50 years of operations in 2023 with this "Bird of Paradise" retro livery worn by its single A300 in the 1980s.

Image  ©  Bernie Proctor (SYD)
Tags   Retro

APEC 2018 Papua New Guinea

APEC 2018 Papua New Guinea

APEC2018PNG.org

P2-PXV	B767-341ER	Air Niugini		2018-19
P2-PXW	B767-383ER	Air Niugini		2018-19
P2-PXE	B737-8BK	Air Niugini		2018-19

Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) is an inter-governmental forum for 21 Pacific Rim member economies that promotes free trade throughout the Asia-Pacific region. 2018 marked the first time Papua New Guinea hosted the APEC meetings and Air Niugini added decals to three of its aircraft.

Image  ©  Bernie Proctor (SYD)
Tags   Summits & Congresses

XV Pacific Games

XV Pacific Games

Port Moresby 2015 - Papua New Guinea

P2-PXE	B737-8BK	Air Niugini		2013-15
P2-PXD	B737-7L9	Air Niugini		2014-15
P2-ANC	Fokker 100	Air Niugini		2015

The Pacific Games (15th edition) were held in Port Moresby for the 3rd time in July 2015. More than 3,700 athletes from the 22 Pacific Games Associations took part, plus first time entrants Australia and New Zealand. Note P2-PXD was wearing the basic Air Nuigini scheme at the time as it was wearing Kokoda campaign livery a few months earlier.

Images  ©  Simon Coates (BNE)
Tags   Other Sport Events

Kokoda Campaign

Kokoda Campaign

Commemorating the 70th anniversary of the Kokoda Campaign 1942-2012

P2-PXD

B737-7L9

Air Niugini

2012-13

Celebrating the 70th anniversary of the 1942 Kokoda campaign during World War II. The scheme displays the 96km Kokoda trail along which Australian soldiers fought to prevent Japanese invaders from capturing Port Moresby.

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Tags   Commemoration

Bird of Paradise

Bird of Paradise   ★

P2-ANG

A300B4-203

Air Niugini (lsf TAA)

1984-89

This A300 leased from TAA was the only large aircraft of Air Niugini in the mid-80s. In November 1984, it was unveiled in a distinctive livery never to be used on smaller planes. The greater bird-of-paradise is an endemic bird of New Guinea & Indonesia measuring up to 43cm long. This aircraft was nicknamed «Big Bird».

Image  ©  Jacques Guillem Collection
Tags   Wildlife

South Pacific Festival of Arts

South Pacific Festival of Arts

Papua New Guinea 1980

P2-ANA	B707-338C	Air Niugini		1980
P2-ANB	B707-338C	Air Niugini		1980

Probably the very first special titles promoting an art event.

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Tags   Festival

Jakarta Singapore Hawaii

Jakarta Singapore Hawaii in July  »  now...

P2-ANA	B707-338C	Air Niugini		1979-80
P2-ANH	B707-338C	Air Niugini		1979-80
P2-ANU	Fokker 28-1000	Air Niugini		1979-80

Promoting the latest network additions of the then young airline.

Image  ©  Jacques Guillem Collection
Tags   Network