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Domestic flights boosted to anticipate passenger surge
JAKARTA (indo.com): State-owned flag carrier Garuda
Indonesia said it would add an extra 23,933 seats from Dec.
15, 2000 to Jan. 10, 2000 in anticipation of an expected
passenger surge during the months preceding and following
Christmas, Idul Fitri and New year.
Garuda vice president for corporate communications Pujobroto
said the airline would increase the frequency of its regular
flights, provide extra-flights and operate larger aircraft
for some busy destinations.
The Jakarta-Solo, Central Java route will be increased to
three times a day from only two times, Jakarta-Semarang
to four times a day from three times, and Jakarta-Yogyakarta
to six times a day from five times, he said.
Pudjobroto said that Garuda would also service seven extra
flights on the Jakarta-Yogyakarta route using the F-28 aircraft,
one extra flight on the Jakarta-Denpasar route using Boeing
737-300 aircraft , and 19 extra flights on the Jakarta-Singapore-Jakarta
route using the Boeing 737-300 aircraft.
Privately-owned Mandala Airlines said that it started preparation
from early November so that customers could be familiar
with the programs sooner, head of development Kus Winarko,
said.
The airline has already begun increasing its flights and
would continue until the middle of January.
Meanwhile, Bouraq, another privately-owned company, said
that it would increase its flight frequency on the Denpasar-Manado,
Surabaya-Balikpapan (East Kalimantan), Balikpapan-Manado,
Jakarta-Batam, Jakarta-Manado and the Surabaya-Manado routes,
The Jakarta Post reported.
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