Merpati and Mandala to Open New Routes
State-owned Merpati Nusantara Airlines plans to open new route Bandung-Medan and Palembang. While private-owned Mandala Airlines has introduce recently its new route Jakarta-Malang with Boeing 737.
Merpati's Bandung District Manager, Donny Rurut further added, beside Medan, Merpati is planning to fly Bandung-Palembang and Padang Sumatran cities and Batam Island, a 30 minutes with boat to Singapore."The three new routes will be flown in February and April next year," he explained.
Mandala spokesman, Alexius Widjoyo said, with introducing the Malang flight, Mandala currently flies to 18 domestic cities. Prior to the new destination, Mandala flies to Padang, Medan, Banda Aceh, Pekanbaru, Batam, Semarang, Surabaya, Yogyakarta dan several cities in eastern Indonesia. (ds)
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