Articles tagged ‘Airports’
New Airline Regulations Laws Now in Effect
By Barrie | July 4th, 2008 |
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If I received a dollar for every time I was delayed because my flight was late on arrival at an airport or leaving an airport then I would have enough money for several domestic flights. It has happened countless times. Besides the international flights it has occurred frequently on domestic flights in Indonesia also. Travellers [...]
Visa on Arrival now available in Palembang: South Sumatra
By Barrie | June 14th, 2008 | Add a Comment »
Great new for travellers wishing to enter Indonesia from South-East Asia as now they can enter through Palembang in south Sumatra at the Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin International Airport. Medan in central Sumatra is another entry point but if you want to visit the fascinating areas around southern Sumatra then this is ideal. According to a [...]
Lorena Air to Start Flying Jakarta-Surabaya in June
By Barrie | May 11th, 2008 | Add a Comment »
The domestic airline industry is becoming more competitive with
PT Eka Sari Lorena Airlines (Lorena Air) soon to enter the market hit hard by increasing fuel prices. Lorena Air, which is a subsidiary of transportation company Lorena Group, is scheduled to fly its first two Boeing 737-300 aircraft on June 6. The company will serve the [...]
Garuda Indonesia to Fly Jakarta to Pontianak
By Barrie | April 20th, 2008 | Add a Comment »
In what is seen as a boost to tourism in Kalimantan, Garuda Indonesia will fly from Jakarta to Pontianak three times a day to cater to rising demand for air services. Currently, Garuda serves the route once per day. Garuda had filed an application to the operator of Supadio Airport in Pontianak for an increase [...]
EU to Keep Ban on Indonesian Airlines
By Barrie | April 13th, 2008 | Add a Comment »
Indonesia will remain on the European Commission’s list of countries whose airlines are banned from entering the EU, the commission announced Friday. Joining Indonesia on the list, updated for the seventh time since it was first introduced in 2006, are Ukrainian airline Ukraine Cargo Airways and all operations by Congolese carrier Hewa Bora Airways. This [...]
AirAsia Launches New Service between Jakarta and Kuching
By Barrie | April 11th, 2008 | Add a Comment »
AirAsia has reported that it has officially launched its new service between Jakarta, Indonesia and Kuching, Malaysia. The new service is expected to operate three times a week. AirAsia has also announced that it will also introduce daily flights to Macau and Penang, starting May 15, 2008 according to Datamonitor. Dato Tony Fernandes, group CEO [...]
Mandala Airlines Targets Increase in Passengers
By Barrie | April 7th, 2008 | Add a Comment »
New Airbus airplanes will help Mandala Airlines reach its goal of carrying 25 percent more passengers this year. Mandala Airlines head Diono Nurjadin said from 2009 the airline would operate with only two types of Airbus — the A-320, capable of carrying 180 passengers, and the A-319, capable of carrying 144 passengers. The “new generation” [...]
Adam Air Banned from Flying
By Barrie | March 19th, 2008 | Add a Comment »
It had to happen eventually. Adam Air has finally been grounded after numerous incidents, the latest being Adam Air Plane with 175 people on board skidding off the runway in foul weather in Batam last week. Sources in the Transporrt Ministry quoted that they decided to revoke Adam Air’s operational specification, effective 12:00 am [...]
Soekarno-Hatta Airport Toilets Poor: Jakarta, West Java
By Barrie | March 18th, 2008 | 1 Comment »
So many times I have been ‘plane-delayed’ at Soekarno-Hatta Airport in Jakarta, and of course I have used the airport as a transit point to other islands in the archipelago. So, it’s only natural that when nature calls, off you go. I have never found a clean western toilet in there or even a mandi. [...]
AirAsia to Launch New Services to Medan and Jakarta
By Barrie | March 9th, 2008 | Add a Comment »
AirAsia has announced that it will introduce new direct daily international flights to Medan and Jakarta from Penang, Malaysia. The new service which is set to commence on March 30, 2008, will be AirAsia’s second and third international route from Penang after Bangkok. Currently there are a total of 71 flights a week flying from [...]
