Emirates increases flights to Jakarta<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Emirates airlines of the United Arab Emirates
\nwill start an extra weekly flight to Jakarta next Monday, Area
\nManager for Indonesia John Rotikan said yesterday.<\/p>\n
The fourth flight, using an Airbus A310-300 aircraft with a
\nthree-class seat configuration, will stopover in Singapore, he
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
Emirates, which began flying to Indonesia in August 1992, now
\nserves Jakarta three times a week with departures from the city
\nevery Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday.<\/p>\n
The airline serves Singapore 12 times a week and Melbourne,
\nAustralia, three times weekly.<\/p>\n
Rotikan said the airline planned to start a new flight service
\nfrom Dubai to Kuala Lumpur on Sundays.<\/p>\n
With a fleet of 19 aircraft, comprising three Boeing 777, 10
\nAirbus A310-300 and six A300-600 aircraft, Emirates is ready to
\ntake on the global airline market, Rotikan said.<\/p>\n
\"To accommodate increases in passengers, Emirates expects the
\ndelivery of four Boeing 777 aircraft in 1997,\" he said. \"By the
\nyear 2000, the company will operate a total of 14 Boeing 777
\nairplanes equipped with Rolls-Royce engines.\"<\/p>\n
He said the Boeing 777s would feature personal videos and fax
\nmachines in all classes.<\/p>\n
Rotikan said the airline's number of passengers increased 13.8
\npercent to 2.5 million last year over 1994, and that its planes
\nwere 70-percent full on average.<\/p>\n
The airlines' cargo increased 20.1 percent last year to
\n129,560 tons, he added.<\/p>\n
He said Emirates made a US$22 million profit last year.<\/p>\n
The company's cabin crews are of 40 different nationalities
\nand its cockpit crews are of 20 different nationalities. Only a
\nfew of them come from Indonesia, he said. (02)<\/p>",
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