In a written statement received by Tempo on Friday (1/3/24,) state airline Garuda Indonesia president director Irfan Setiaputra, announced that Garuda Indonesia will increase the flight frequency of sixteen domestic routes across the country from April through August 2024.
Setiaputra hopes that the increase will attract tourists, especially foreign tourists, to visit various destinations in Indonesia, adding that the increase in flight frequency was required to promote destinations across the country, so it will have positive impacts on the national economy.
According to Tempo, the increased flight frequency routes include flights from Jakarta to several big cities, as follows:
- Palembang (from 24 to 32 flights per week);
- Yogyakarta (from 28 to 35 flights per week);
- Pontianak (from 13 to 19 flights per week);
- Batam (from 14 to 21 flights per week);
- Pekanbaru (from 14 to 21 flights per week);
- Padang (from 14 to 19 flights per week);
- Semarang (from 21 to 26 flights per week;
- Balikpapan (from 14 to 19 flights per week);
- Makassar (from 17 to 21 flights per week); and
- Banda Aceh (from 14 to 15 flights per week).
- Jakarta-Pangkalpinang (from 7 to 9 flights per week);
- Jakarta-Tanjung Pinang (from 6 to 7 flights per week);
- Jakarta-Malang (from 4 to 7 flights per week);
- Denpasar-Labuan Bajo (from 1 to 3 flights per week);
- Jakarta-Lombok (from 12 to 16 flights per week), and
- Makassar-Gorontalo (from 5 to 7 flights per week).
In addition, Garuda Indonesia performed optimization to expand the network, including opening new routes, says Tempo.
In the first semester of this year, Garuda Indonesia will introduce the Jakarta to Doha route, which will operate seven times per week starting on April 4, and open the Makassar to Manado route, which will serve passengers twice a week starting on May 3.
Source: Tempo
