In a Business News report it was interesting to read that the low-cost national carrier PT Adam SkyConnection Airlines plans to lease five more planes next year to expand its operations, and has set aside Rp 30 billion (US$3.2 million) for each plane. These will consist of Boeing 737-400’s which can carry up to 170 passengers. The airline preferred to lease aircraft rather than purchase new aircraft because it was cheaper.
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The Transportation Ministry expects at least four national airlines to earn category-one ratings this October after successfully making significant improvements in their flight safety standards. According to the Director General of Air Transportation Budhi M. Suyitno, the four airlines qualifying for category-one or good ratings, namely PT Garuda Indonesia, PT Mandala Airlines, Air Fast and Premier Airlines. The latter two are non-schedule airlines.
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Now why doesn’t that surprise me!. After all, it’s almost on their back doorstep and of course damn cheaper to go to the paradise island than it is to travel in their own country – especially if you live in West Australia where it’s only a 3 and a half hour flight. Cheap as chips and much cheaper than taking their hols in the bush or holidaying interstate.
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Australia-based Garuda Orient Holidays (GOH) has released the latest electronic version of its comprehensive guide to holidays in Bali and Indonesia as an article in the Jakarta Post explains.
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West Nusa Tenggara provincial administration will provide Rp 2.2 billion (US$244,444) cash assistance to help subsidize inter-regency flight in the province for a year, it was announced Tuesday.
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National flag carrier Garuda Indonesia will reopen the Jakarta - Pontianak flight route beginning October 8, 2007 after it terminated its service to the West Kalimantan provincial capital in 2005 as the Antara News explains.
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State-owned Merpati Nusantara Airlines is set to commence daily flights between Jakarta and Bintan island as part of the firm’s restructuring process.
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While it seemed doomed last year, troubled PT Merpati Nusantara Airlines is beginning to see the light at the end of the tunnel thanks to a restructuring process that appears to be paying off.
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PT Angkasa Pura I is targeting to commence operations of a new international airport in Lombok, Bali’s near neighbor to the east, by 2010. To be built at an estimated cost of Rp. 665 billion (approximately US$72.3 million), the new airport for Lombok will be located in the central province of that island as Bali Discovery explains.
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In an effort to boost tourism next year, when is set to be declared “Visit Indonesia Year”, the government should consider establishing a travel-pass system for overseas visitors, Indonesia’s Tourism Council says.
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