Travel Air (Mangi Lo Ples) Plans Return: Airline aims to resume operations after being put out of business, pending approvals and facility development.
TRAVEL AIR (Mangi Lo Ples) Plans to Make a Return
by Neck Blong Kumuls
Friday, 6th of June, 2025
Travel Air, Mangi Lo Ples, the airline that was controversially put out of business by the National Government is set to make a return.
However, there are processes involved and requirements needed to be passed by the airline operator before this eventuates.
The company is looking at the Boeing 737-300 series with a K400 any sector proposed airfares to anywhere in the country with cargo charged at K3 per kilogram.
This aeroplane series can take 150 passengers and three tonnes of cargo.
Kagamuga airport in Western Highlands, Jackson’s in the nation’s capital, Nadzab in Morobe Province and Momote in Manus Province have runway lengths of two kilometers for such an airplane.
In other ports, the plane will be taking off with a penalty of 20 per cent or more in weight as the length of runways are shorter than two kilometers and are also subject to the strength of each runway.
This was revealed by Mangi Lo Ples chairman Eremas Wartoto yesterday from an interview with Team Kumul.
Passengers will pay for airline tickets using their mobile phones as there will be no sales offices.
But Mr Wartoto said that discussions with the National Airports Corporation (NAC) began early this month for the airline to return to operations.
He said before this could become reality, they are waiting on NAC to give them permission to gain access to the Hoskins airport, where they have four hectares of land alongside the Hoskins airport in West New Britain, just outside of the airport fence.
He said that they plan to operate out of Hoskins where they intend to build a hangar facility on that land for the aeroplanes.
Mr Wartoto said that should NAC allow them access, they will have to apply to NAC for the approval of the design of airport facilities.
These he said were not submitted yet but will be done in due course.
He said after the approval of the design jointly by NAC and Civil Aviation and Safety Authority (CASA), they will have to proceed for final development, with the blessings from CASA on safety and standards.
Only then, he said they will have to apply for an Air Operators Certificate License from CASA to operate an airline, but he said the license will not be issued until they tick all the boxes and approval by NAC.
“Right now, we have not done all that. We are still in discussions. It is a process. We must tick all the boxes.
“The main thing is facility. Before applications to CASA we must meet all the requirements and one of them is the facility (hangar) to maintain the plane,” Mr Wartoto said.
He said that Travel Air is coming back but the public must know the process involved and it will take time.
“Slowly but surely, we will get there. It is a long process.”
For now, Mr Wartoto said that everything is still in the initial stage but they will submit development plans for the facilities in due course.
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