This was announced by Chief Migration Officer, Solomon Kantha, to all commercial airlines that travel in PNG airspace.
The ban will be in place for a month.
In a circular notice on October 12th to Air Niugini, PNG Air, Qantas, Philippine Airlines and Virgin Australia, the Chief Migration Officer said the temporary suspension of visa on arrival applies to all passports and nationalities.
The temporary ban commences from 30th October 2018 to 30 November 2018.