Aviation

New scheme will help exporters

Air Niugini Cargo, a subsidiary company of Papua New Guinea’s national airline, Air Niugini Limited, is providing a 50 per cent discount on the freight costs of exporting PNG goods. The company is hoping to incentivise farmers and Papua New Guinean businesses according to ANCL’S General Manager, Gus Kraus.

‘We see these discounts as playing an important role in providing a much needed incentive to support farmers and exporters.’

The goods include Papua New Guinean-made agriculture products such as coffee, chocolate, vanilla, root crops including kava, coconut oil and some developing fruit and vegetables (seafood is excluded).

ANCL has capacity out of Port Moresby on its Boeing 767 aircraft and, as a result, has been reviewing ways to fill the under-utilised space while also assisting exporters, Kraus explains.

Traders of commodities currently taking advantage of the offer are dealing in coffee and cocoa, chocolate and cocoa powder as a finished product.

‘A consistent and coordinated approach to marketing will benefit all local exporters and enhance the Papua New Guinean brand,’ says Kraus. 

Credit: Air Niugini Air Niugini Cargo team