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Air Niugini Chief Executive Officer, Bruce Alabaster, explained that airlines do this to ensure that they have no empty seats at takeoff, or to cover for the ‘no-show factor’.

Alabaster’s explanation follows questions by passengers who tried to understand why they would get upgraded on certain flights while get bumped off a flight in the next destination.

“If we take a route, and if we know that about 5 percent of passengers don’t come to the airport, we will overbook by 2 to 4 percent,” he stated.

The new service links Mount Hagen, an important transport and economic hub for the Highlands region, with the communities and economic developments centred around Kiunga, as well as with Port Moresby, aiding the movement of much needed necessities in terms of health, education and infrastructure materials to drive the governments’ agenda on economic growth and delivery of services to the wider rural communities.