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AIR NIUGINI IS BROKE

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FED UP AIR Niugini is bankrupt and the State Enterprises Minister knows it. He has been calling on  management reform for years and despite the revolving door at the top, they continue to fail. Worldwide the airline industry is destroyed. Highly profitable airlines around the world continue to file for bankruptcy protection and contract their operations out with thousands being terminated daily. These are the realities of all airlines worldwide yet the national airline of Papua New Guinea – owned by the government cannot understand this. Air Niugini is struggling to live as a dinosaur. Its business model has turned its back on the people of PNG to ensure the flag is flown overseas. Now that the international market has been taken away from them, they are seeking to get back to their forgotten customers. Air Niugini may have been successful in the economy of the 1980s.Look for countries who have 100 per cent ownership in their airlines. Have a look at some of the bailout packages requir

Conflict of Interest in the Merger - ICCC Boss and Mahesh Patel

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by PNGBLOGS STAFF WRITERS   It seems ICCC is in bed with Telikom’s Chairman Mahesh Patel on the so called merger of Telikom, Bmobile and DataCo issue. A number of key points for the public to note here: Telikom Board’s term of office has expired. As such, Telikom effectively has no Board to act on its behalf at the moment until a new Board is sworn in. How can Mahesh Patel claim to be speaking on behalf of the Board when insider information has it that there has never been a Board Meeting convened for this purpose? He therefore is acting alone, and for whose interest? Clearly, if you link the dots together, it would be in the interest of the team: The Prime Minister Peter O’Neill , Mahesh Patel himself, John Mangos and Michael Donnelly , the ousted CEO of Telikom PNG. This article has it that Mahesh, the Chairman of Telikom PNG went into discussions with ICCC boss, Mr. Paulus Ain. How can he, Mahesh, discuss the merger while acting as the Chairman of another