Garuda Indonesia opens new flight route in E. Nusa Tenggara.Kupang - The national airline Garuda Indonesia launched a new flight route here to expand connectivity in East Indonesia, said Director of Garuda Indonesia Cargo Sigit Murhartono on Thursday.
"The two new routes are Maumere-Denpasar, round trip, and direct flights on Kupang-Jakarta, round trip," he said in a press statement in Kupang.
The inauguration of the new flight path for Garuda Indonesia was conducted at the Frans Seda Airport in Maumere, Sikka District, and was attended by Sikka Regent Yoseph Ansar Rera.
Murhartono said the new flight service to and from the NTT is part of the expansion of the flight network, which continues to be conducted by Garuda Indonesia.
In addition, the opening of the new route is part of the continued commitment of the state-owned airline to support the programs of the Presiden Joko Widodo (Jokowi) administration.
"We have a commitment to always support government programs to improve connectivity between the island and the city, especially in developing the tourism industry to realize the target of 272 million tourists visiting Indonesia and to make NTT Province a new tourist destination," he noted.
He also expected the opening of the new routes would allow Garuda to increase the flow of tourists and businesspeople between Kupang City, as the capital of the province, and Maumere, which has many tourist spots.
Murhartono explained that the Maumere-Denpasar route will be served by Garuda Indonesia four times a week -- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday -- with scheduled flights from Maumere departing at 10.55 a.m. and arriving in Denpasar at 00.55 p.m.
Meanwhile, the Denpasar-Maumere trip will depart at 7 a.m. and will arrive in Maumere at 9 a.m. The Maumere-Denpasar round trip flight route will be served by an ATR 71-600 aircraft with a passenger capacity of 70 economy seats.
The Kupang-Jakarta round trip flight will be served by a Bombardier CRJ 1000 NextGen aircraft, which is touted as being reliable and environmentally friendly with cost-efficient operations.
"For the daily Kupang-Jakarta, round trip, service departure from Jakarta will be at 5 a.m., arriving in Kupang at 8.55 a.m. and then returning from Kupang at 6.55 p.m. and arriving in Jakarta at 8.10 p.m.," he stated.
With the opening of the new routes, Garuda Indonesia will serve up to 39 flights to and from NTT Province every week.
(Reported by Kornelis Kaha/Uu.B020/INE/KR-BSR/F001)
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