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Papua New Guinea is an independent nation in the south-western Pacific Ocean, located north of Australia and east of Indonesia. Papua New Guinea occupies the eastern half of the island of New Guinea, called the mainland, and several hundred smaller islands. The western part of New Guinea forms the Indonesian province of Irian Jaya. Since the country's independence from Australia in 1975, town and city life has expanded as villagers have migrated to urban areas in search of employment. Port Moresby, located on the mainland's south-eastern coast, is Papua New Guinea's capital and largest city.

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Airline Operating Dates IATA : ICAO Tree Status Update Reason

 Adastra Airways

**** - ****     Status?  

 Aerial Tours

1965* - 1966*   >Douglas Airways Renamed  

 Air Manubada

**** - ****     Status?  

 Air Niugini

1973 - 2012> PX : ANG   Active  

 Airlines PNG (Airlines of Papua New Guinea)

2001 - 2012> CG : TOK Airlines of Papua New Guinea Active  

 Airlink

1990 - 2007* ND : ---   Inactive  

 Ansett PNG (Ansett Airlines of Papua New Guinea)

1969* - 1973*   Ansett PNG Status?  

 Ansett-MAL

1960 - 1967*   >Ansett PNG Renamed  

 Asia Pacific Airlines

2000 - 2012>   Asia Pacific Airlines (PNG) Active  

 Bougair (Bougainville Air Services)

1967* - 1979* JX : ---   Status?  

 Chee Air

1978* - 1979*     Status?  

 Cloudlands Aviation

1983* - 1986*     Status?  

 Co-Air (Co-ordinated Air Services)

1976 - 1987*     Status?  

 Crowley Airways

1963* - 1976*     Status?  

 Douglas Airways

1978* - 1989* DZ : --- Douglas Airways Inactive  

 Fubilan Air Transport

1996 - 2000   >Asia Pacific Airlines (PNG) Renamed  

 Gibbes Sepik Airways

1953* - 1953*     Status?  

 Goilala Air Services

1953* - 1955*     Status?  

 Goroka Air Services

1996* - 2005*     Status?  

 Guinea Air Traders

**** - ****     Inactive  

 H.E.A.T Aviation

**** - ****     Status?  

 Heron Air

1977* - 1977*   >Provincial Air Services Renamed  

 Hevi Lift

1998* - 2012> IU : ---   Active  

 Independent Air Transport

1977* - 1977*   >Provincial Air Services Renamed  

 Island Airways

2002* - 2006*     Status?  

 Islands Nationair (Islands Aviation)

1984 - 2006* IS : ---   Status?  

 Kiunga Aviation (Air Services)

2004* - 2006*     Status?  

 Macair (Melanesian Air Charters)

1975* - 1975*     Status?  

 Madang Air Services

1959* - 1960   >Ansett PNG Renamed  

 Mandated Airlines

1936* - 1960   >Ansett PNG Renamed  

 MBA

1997 - 2001   >Airlines of Papua New Guinea Renamed  

 Milne Bay Air

1987 - 1997   >Airlines of Papua New Guinea Renamed  

 Moresby Aviation

**** - ****     Status?  

 Morobe Airways

**** - ****     Status?  

 North Coast Aviation

2004* - 2006*     Status?  

 Panga Airways

1976* - 1977     Inactive  

 Papuan Air Transport

1952* - 1963*   >Papuan Airlines Renamed  

 Papuan Airlines

1962* - 1967*   Papuan Airlines Status?  

 Papuan Airways

**** - ****   >Unknown Renamed  

 Provincial Air Services

1978* - 1979*   Provincial Air Services Status?  

 Regional Air

2002* - 2012> QT : RAW   Active  

 Sandaun Air Services

**** - ****     Status?  

 Sepik Air Charters

1972* - 1972*     Status?  

 Southwest Air

1999* - 2003*     Status?  

 STOL Commuters

1970* - 1971*     Inactive  

 TAA Airlines of New Guinea

1973* - 1975*     Status?  

 Talair (Tourist Airlines of Niugini)

1974 - 1991* GV : --- Talair Inactive  

 Talco

1968* - 1968     Status?  

 Territory Airlines

1952* - 1974   >Talair Renamed  

 Tourist Airlines of Niugini

**** - ****     Status?  

 Trans Niugini Airline*

**** - ****     Status?  

 Travel Air

2011 - 2012>     Active  

 Wewak Air Transport

**** - ****     Status?  

 Wirui Air Services

1968* - 1974*     Status?  

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