Indonesia denies Valuair landing rights<\/p>\n
Associated Press
\nSingapore<\/p>\n
Singapore budget airline Valuair canceled its first three
\nflights to Jakarta at the last minute and suspended ticket sales
\non Tuesday, after Indonesian authorities denied it landing
\nrights.<\/p>\n
Valuair couldn't confirm when it would obtain rights to land
\nat Jakarta's Soekarno-Hatta Airport, but chief executive Jimmy
\nLau said in a statement that \"we are confident of resolving them
\nvery soon.\" He didn't say the landing rights were denied.<\/p>\n
The 51 passengers on Monday's maiden Valuair flight to Jakarta
\nwere transferred to a Garuda Indonesia plane, said Valuair
\nspokesman Nilesh Pritam.<\/p>\n
Pritam said flights scheduled for on Tuesday and Wednesday
\nwere also canceled, but he didn't how many passengers were
\naffected. It was not immediately clear whether flights would be
\nscrapped beyond on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
All passengers booked to Jakarta would get free seats on other
\nairlines until landing rights are approved, or they could get
\nrefunds, the airline said.<\/p>\n
The no-frills carrier had planned to fly once daily to Jakarta
\nfrom Singapore, with return tickets priced at S$138 (US$81).<\/p>\n
Jakarta would have been Valuair's third destination. It
\nlaunched services to Hong Kong and Bangkok last week.<\/p>\n
Valuair was the first of three Singapore-based no-frills
\ncarriers to launch this year. The others are Singapore Airlines-
\nowned Tiger Airways, and a Qantas-backed airline that has yet to
\nbe named.<\/p>",
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