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• Dirk Andrei Salcedo
Papua New Guinea’s Air Niugini is weighing an exit from widebody aircraft and a smaller number of aircraft types, according to the report. The move would signal a potential change in fleet strategy, though the available information does not specify which aircraft could be affected, the timeline or the operational rationale.
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Papua New Guinea’s Air Niugini is weighing an exit from widebody aircraft and a smaller number of aircraft types, according to the report. The move would signal a potential change in fleet strategy, though the available information does not specify which aircraft could be affected, the timeline or the operational rationale.
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