Dede Sophie

Papua New Guinea’s National flag carrier, Air Niugini has performed exceptionally well in delivering its schedule, outperforming many airlines in Australia and the Pacific. In June Air Niugini operated 2,260 flights with 2,104 of those serving the domestic market. Air Niugini Outperformed other Airlines in the Pacific in Schedule Delivery  [Photo by Air Niugini] When compared with key airlines in Australia for the month of June, Air Niugini’s on time departure performance (flights leaving within 15 minutes of the scheduled departure time) sat at 82% as compared with Qantas at 58.7% and Virgin Australia with 59.8%  The cancellation rate for Air Niugini for June was 3.8% while Qantas cancelled 7.5% of all their services and Virgin Australia cancelling 5.8% of their flights. Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Bruce Alabaster said “It’s not easy ensuring schedule integrity and with the difficult conditions under which we operate here in PNG that places further pressure on our schedule. “ “I co

Kia Ireland has commissioned three pageant elements for this year’s St Patrick’s Festival Parade in Dublin, under the title ‘A Future That Moves Us’, writes Brian Byrne. The pageant will be a total of 100 metres long within the Parade, exploring the balance between nature and humans and highlighting Creativity, Nature, and Oceans — that last a reflection of Kia’s global support for the Ocean Clean-up project. The pageant is being built by Buí Bolg Youth Arts based in Wexford. A fleet of electrified Kia vehicles will be provided to assist the various celebrations of the Festival from March 16–19. This will include a vehicle display area at the Festival Quarter in Collins Barracks, National Museum of Decorative Arts. Pictured are Ronan Flood, Managing Director of Kia Ireland with Richard Tierney CEO of St Patrick’s Festival, at the partnership launch in Collins Barracks, National Museum of Decorative Arts.