According to the Transportation Ministry, four airlines have requested an additional 58 flights in this period.
Indonesia AirAsia has prepared Airbus A320 aircraft for 28 additional return flights between Jakarta and Denpasar from June 17 to 30. Batavia Air has also prepared additional flights for this route as well.
Garuda Indonesia is planning to add three flights for its Jakarta-Denpasar return route and to employ its A330 Airbus for Jakarta –Balikpapan, East Kalimantan flights.
Sriwijaya Air is planning to add six additional flights for its Makassar-Balikpapan routes.
Chairman of the ministry's Domestic Air Transportation Development Sub Directorate, Hemi Pamuraharjo, said airlines would continue to request additional flights. “
June merely consists of graduation holidays, but [other] holidays are coming up as well, so more flight approvals will usually be requested,” he said in Jakarta on Thursday.
Indonesia AirAsia communications manager Audrey Progastama Petriny said his airline would also add international flights between Denpasar and Perth (Australia), Denpasar and Darwin, Denpasar and Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), Denpasar and Bangkok, Denpasar and Phuket (Thailand), Jakarta and Singapore, and Jakarta and Kuala Lumpur.
“The public’s favorite route during the holidays is between Jakarta and Singapore, Jakarta and Kuala Lumpur, and Denpasar and Perth,” Audrey said, adding that the additional flights had increased the airline’s number of passengers by 25 percent.
Sriwijaya Air spokesperson Agus Soedjono said his airline was eyeing routes in Eastern Indonesia due to the hefty demands for travel to these areas.
“During the holiday, we will also open a new route between Sorong and Manokwari [Papua],” Agus said.
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