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JET FUEL AVAILABILITY IN WESTERN PROVINCE: AIR NIUGINI RESUMES FLIGHT OPERATIONS TO KIUNGA AND TABUBIL

MEDIA RELEASE Air Niugini is pleased to announce that following the establishment and opening of refuelling facilities on 01st February by our partners, OTML and Pacific Energy Aviation Limited (PEAL), Air Niugini has resumed its flights to Kiunga and Tabubil effective from yesterday, Sunday 02nd February.  Air Niugini is both pleased and relieved that compliant, sustainable, and appropriate jet fuel solutions have now been re-established in Tabubil, Kiunga, Mount Hagen and Lae.  This collaborative effort between OTML, PEAL and the airline is essential for maintaining safe flight operations for our valued customers travelling to and from Kiunga and Tabubil.  The availability of fuel at these four locations will also now permit the airline to carry more passengers and freight on routes to other Highlands and Momase destinations.  We look forward to the establishment of similar fuel facilities at locations such as Rabaul and Vanimo so that we can increase o...

STEVANUS MARIA LETSOIN BLACK SWEET WEST PAPUA

STEVANUS MARIA LETSOIN yang dikenal dengan STEVEN LETSOIN dan pimpinan BLACK SWEET, lahir di ‘kampung TERI’, Pulau ‘Kimaam’ (Merauke) tahun 1954 dimana orang tuanya bertugas sebagai guru disana. Di awal tahun 70an, merantau ke Fak-Fak sampai menyelesaikan pendidikan SPG disana. Di Fak-Fak pula beliau mulai bermain musik sebagai pemain Bass.  Sebenarnya beliau sudah mendapatkan tempat tugas sebagai guru di Agimuga tetapi tahun 1977 berangkat ke Merauke dan tertahan disana. Di Merauke mulai bermain di Band The Mars sebagai gitaris dan juga vocalis. Album perdana BB yang baru saja keluar saat itu, beliau yang menyanyikannya di band.  Hanya setahun di Merauke, berangkat ke Jayapura dan kuliah di UNCEN lalu bergabung di band UNCEN bersama Eddy Pattipeiluhu, Robby Manengkey dan Yan Ulukyanan, juga di Band BPD Irian Jaya. Setelah Harry Letsoin & John Keff datang dan bergabung, mereka bermain di Band KODAM XVII Cenderawasih sampai berangkat di Jakarta dan dike...

Simbu chief greeting the arrival of a QEA DC3

Simbu chief greeting the arrival of a QEA DC3 at Kerowagi airfield in 1948. National Library of New Zealand. Source: Peter Russel Kranz