JAKARTA (indo.com): The National flight carrier Garuda Indonesia and Merpati Nusantara Airlines will provide extra flights, with almost 4,000 additional seats being offered in anticipation of the jump in the number of passengers who will celebrate Idul Fitri, Christmas and New Year holidays.

PT Garuda Indonesia's Director for Business Affairs Bachrul Hakim said that the airline will provide 36,507 extra seats in the coming extra flights, or a 23.2% increase from the previous year.

"Garuda Indonesia will see an increasing flight frequency of 134. 86 of these are extra flights and another 48 will be undertaken by operating wider aircraft," he was quoted by Antara as saying.

The extra domestic flights will service Jakarta, Yogyakarta, Solo, Semarang, Denpasar, Padang, Surabaya, Makassar, Manado, Batam and Palembang. Extra flights for international routes will include Singapore, Sydney, Auckland, Melbourne and Brisbane.

The Garuda Indonesia's extra flights will run from December 13, 2001 until January 7, 2002. Merpati will begin its extra flight services on December 8, 2001.

Merpati Airlines' Corporate Affairs General Manager Imam Turudy said that the company will provide extra flight frequency of 72, providing 3,100 seats for particular flights routes, including Jakarta, Balikpapan, Surabaya, Tarakan, Bandung, Denpasar, Batam and Padang.

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