128 Extra Flights to be Available During Eid Holiday
5 July 2015 08:16 WIB
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - To anticipate the surge in the number of passengers during the Eid al-Fitr holiday this year, a number of airlines at Soekarno-Hatta international airport will prepare additional flights and seats.
At least 128 extra domestic flights and international flights will be available starting 14 days before and 10 days after Eid day.
Soekano Hatta airport Senior General Manager Zulfahmi on Saturday said that in total, there would be 24,940 extra seats available, which consist of 107 extra flights (19,970 seats). They are provided by Batik Air (43 flights) Citilink (11 flights), Garuda Indonesia (17 flights) Air Asia 1 (flight) Lion Air (24 flights) and Sriwijaya Air (11 flights).
For international flights, 21 extra flights (4,970 seats) will be available. They will be provided by Cathay Pacific (four flights) Garuda Indonesia (ten flights) Jet Star (one flights, Singapore Airlines (five flights) and Qantas (one flight).
JONIANSYAH