Heli Niugini Limited is a private company principally operating in Papua New Guinea as well as Australia and the South Pacific region. The company is wholly owned by Pacific Aviation Partners Limited, a Papua New Guinea registered company.

Heli Niugini's original holding company was Heli Bougainville Pty Ltd., which commenced operations in the North Solomons Province in 1984 with the helicopter support contract for Bougainville Copper initially operating a Bell 206B III. The company expanded to meet the needs of Bougainville Copper and the New Guinea Islands region by adding a second Bell 206 and a Sikorsky S62 to its fleet.

Heli Niugini was formed in July 1987 to reflect the company’s expansion to include mainland operations. Hangar and office facilities were purchased in Madang in November 1989. Madang was chosen for the company’s head office and maintenance base because of its central location. In addition to its facilities at Madang the company has permanent bases in Port Moresby, NCD, Moro, Southern Highlands Province, Kopi, Gulf Province, Porgera, Enga Province and Frieda River, East Sepik Province.

Through joint venture and lease arrangements with international operators Heli Niugini has successfully provided medium and heavy helicopter support to its clients since 1991. We are continuing to provide both medium and heavy helicopter support in PNG and operate, BK117 B2’s for Esso Highlands & Oil Search as well as Kamov KA-32C/T & Mi-8 helicopters for Porgera Joint Venture, Oil Search and Tolukuma Gold Mines. We are able to provide additional Ka-32, Mi-8, Mi-17, Mi-10, and Mi-26 helicopters as required giving a range of lifting capabilities from 4 -20 tonnes.

We are currently contracted to Highlands Pacific, Oil Search, Esso Highlands (Exxon Mobil), Porgera Joint Venture and Tolukuma Gold Mines on their projects in Papua New Guinea.