Private company

Asia Pacific Airlines

Passenger airline based in Papua New Guinea founded in 19911

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.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1991Founded1
  • HeadquartersTabubil1
De Havilland Canada DHC-8-100 Australian (5744068727)
Photo: Robert Frola, GFDL, via Wikimedia Commons4

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.2

Corporate structure

Asia Pacific Airlines is part of a group headed by Cobham Limited. 6 entities, 4 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

The story

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.

From Wikipedia’s article on Asia Pacific Airlines (PNG), shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

Products and brands

Fleet

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

Destinations

Scheduled destinations for Ok Tedi Mine:

Queensland

Cairns (Cairns Airport)

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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)

From Wikipedia’s article on Asia Pacific Airlines (PNG), shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. 1991Founded Founded1

Sources

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