Garuda expands no-smoking flights<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Garuda Indonesia has declared four more domestic
\nflights smoke-free as of yesterday.<\/p>\n
Services between Jakarta and Surabaya, Jakarta and Balikpapan,
\nJakarta and Batam, Jakarta and Denpasar are now no-smoking
\nflights as the flag carrier expands its anti-smoking campaign to
\ncover flights of up to two hours.<\/p>\n
\"The policy was imposed by Garuda Indonesia following its
\nobservation that more and more people are requesting seats in the
\nnon-smoking section,\" the airline's public relations office
\nannounced on Saturday.<\/p>\n
Garuda first introduced its no-smoking services in June last
\nyear to cover flights of less than one hour duration. They are
\nthe routes between Jakarta and Yogyakarta, Jakarta and Surakarta
\n(Solo) and Denpasar and Yogyakarta.<\/p>\n
The airline has passed most of its domestic service flights
\nover to its sister company, Merpati Nusantara Airlines, as it
\nconcentrates more on international routes.<\/p>\n
But it retains some of the lucrative routes, such as flights
\nto and from Medan, Batam, Banda Aceh, Yogyakarta, Solo, Surabaya,
\nDenpasar, Ujungpandang, Manado, Biak, Jayapura, Balikpapan and
\nJakarta. (emb)<\/p>",
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