Asia Pacific Airlines (PNG)

This article is about a Papua New Guinean airline. For other airlines with similar names, see Asia Pacific Airlines (disambiguation).

Asia Pacific Airlines

Founded	1991
Operating bases	Tabubil Airport, Papua New Guinea
Fleet size	3
Destinations	See Destinations below
Parent company	National Jet Express
Headquarters	Tabubil, Papua New Guinea
Employees	42

Asia Pacific Airlines is an airline based in Tabubil, Papua New Guinea. It is a subsidiary of National Jet Express. It operates domestic services, as well as flights to Cairns, Australia. Its main base is Tabubil Airport.

History

The airline was established in 1991 and was registered as Fubilan Air Transport between 1996 and 2000. It has 42 employees and three Bombardier Dash 8 aircraft in Australia and Papua New Guinea.

Fleet

de Havilland Canada DHC-8 operated for Ok Tedi Mining Limited at Cairns Airport (February 2017)

As of August 2025, Asia Pacific Airlines (PNG) operates the following aircraft:

Asia Pacific Airlines Fleet

Aircraft	In Service	Orders	Passengers	Notes
Bombardier Dash 8-100	3	—	36
Total	3

Destinations

Scheduled destinations for Ok Tedi Mine:

• Queensland
  • Cairns (Cairns Airport)
  • Horn Island (Horn Island Airport)
• Papua New Guinea
  • Tabubil (Tabubil Airport)
  • Port Moresby (Jacksons Airport)
  • Lae (Nadzab Airport)
  • Madang (Madang Airport)
  • Mount Hagen (Kagamuga Airport)
  • Goroka (Goroka Airport)
  • Wewak (Boram Airport)
  • Hoskins (Hoskins Airport)
  • Rabaul (Tokua Airport)
  • Buka (Buka Airport)
  • Kavieng (Kavieng Airport)
  • Manus (Momote Airport)
  • Alotau (Gurney Airport)

See also

List of airlines of Papua New Guinea