Bouraq Airlines gets 17 new routes<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): The government has allowed PT Bouraq Indonesia
\nAirlines, a private airline, to add 17 new domestic and
\ninternational routes in its services, a company executive said.<\/p>\n
Benny Rungkat, vice president of Bouraq Indonesia Airlines,
\nsaid the new routes includes those linking Surabaya in East Java
\nwith Taipei in Taiwan, Surabaya with Perth in West Australia,
\nSurabaya with Singapore, Ujungpandang in South Sulawesi with
\nSingapore, and Manado in North Sulawesi with Singapore.<\/p>\n
Benny, concurrently also secretary-general of the Indonesia
\nNational Air Carriers Association, said that his company will
\ncooperate with Taiwanese airlines, Eva Air and Trans Air, in
\nserving the Surabaya-Taipei route beginning in October 1995,
\ntogether with the operation of the Surabaya-Perth route.<\/p>\n
He said Bouraq will start its first flight for the Surabaya-
\nSingapore route on June 22 with Boeing 737s, which will provide
\nfive flights weekly.<\/p>\n
Benny said that the air fare available in Indonesia is
\ncurrently U.S 10.5 cents per seat for every kilometer, far lower
\nthan the 21 cents set by the International Civil Aviation
\nAssociation.<\/p>\n
State-owned Garuda Indonesia also gets 12 new routes this
\nyear, including those between Jakarta and Palembang in South
\nSumatra, Jakarta and Pekanbaru in Riau, Jakarta and Padang in
\nWest Sumatra and Jakarta and Banjarmasin in South Kalimantan,
\nGaruda's director, Koessoeyono, said recently.(32)<\/p>",
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