PASSENGERS on Air Nuigini flights will pay less after the airline decreased its domestic fuel surcharge by K37 per sector effective next Monday, while the international fuel surcharge will drop by K164 on most routes.The decrease is a result of the drop in the price of world crude oil.With the decrease, the total domestic fuel surcharge would now be K100 per sector and would be applicable to all 18 domestic routes. The current fuel surcharge is K137 per sector. The current airfare to Lae from Port Moresby (one-way) is K484.10 and will decrease to K447.10, while Madang will now be K551.20 (from K591.90), Goroka K552.10 (from K612.80) and Mt Hagen K561.10 (from K601.80).
All international routes, except for Honiara and Cairns, will see a reduction of US$65 (K164.63) in the fuel surcharge.Passengers on international routes will pay US$105 (K288.10) per sector instead of US$170 (K466.45), while those travelling to Honiara will pay US$160 (K439) instead of the current US$258 (K707.90) and those to Cairns only US$45 (K123.48). Fuel cost in Honiara is the most expensive.Air Niugini operates to 10 international destinations and 18 domestic routes.Air Niugini chief executive Wasantha Kumarasiri also emphasised that whenever the world crude oil price increased or significantly decreased, Air Niugini would adjust its fuel surcharge accordingly.
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It costs almost 250 dollars to travel from Brisbane to POM one way on Airlines PNG. Hopefully, that will come down further.
