Qantas dumps Cairns-Port Moresby flight, leaving Air Niugini sole route operator

Aviationtribune.com has reported that as of 30 October 2016, Qantas will no longer fly the Cairns-Port Moresby route but shift to Brisbane-Port Moresby. The site reports that this course of action comes as result of Qantas wanting to better serve the business market.

The Brisbane-Port Moresby route will operate daily.
Qantas announced last month that due to high demand for flights to Bali, it would be reducing its domestic routes, particularly in regional areas.

Qantas and Air Niugini have agreed to continue codesharing across all Australia-PNG routes.
The news is good news for Air Niugini as it will now be the only operator maintaining direct flights between Cairns and PNG. Air PNG no longer operates on this route.

The only concern some have raised on Qantas abandoning this route is whether fares for this route may rise.
We will have to wait and see what happens.

In the meantime, it can be confirmed on the Qantas website that it has no flights after 29 October 2016.

QANTAS quits POM-Cairns route to serve Bali-Cairns route. 

Air Niugini to dominate POM-CAIRNS route daily.

Source: http://skerah.com/