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        "id": 1435329,
        "msgid": "new-air-carriers-to-begin-services-next-year-1447893297",
        "date": "1999-10-27 00:00:00",
        "title": "New air carriers to begin services next year",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "New air carriers to begin services next year JAKARTA (JP): Three new regular air carriers will begin commercial services next year to support the country's air transportation, especially in eastern provinces, an official at the Ministry of Communications has said. Directorate general of air transportation Sunaryo told journalists on Tuesday the three airlines were Pelita Air Service, Indonesian Airlines Avia Patria and Mentari Airlines.",
        "content": "<p>New air carriers to begin services next year<\/p>\n<p>JAKARTA (JP): Three new regular air carriers will begin<br>\ncommercial services next year to support the country's air<br>\ntransportation, especially in eastern provinces, an official at<br>\nthe Ministry of Communications has said.<\/p>\n<p>Directorate general of air transportation Sunaryo told<br>\njournalists on Tuesday the three airlines were Pelita Air<br>\nService, Indonesian Airlines Avia Patria and Mentari Airlines.<\/p>\n<p>\"Indonesian Airlines Avia Patria is perhaps the most prepared<br>\nfirm. It is expected to commence passenger operations in<br>\nJanuary,\" he was quoted by Antara as saying.<\/p>\n<p>He said Pelita Air Service, which has been operating as a<br>\nchartered air carrier, and Mentari Airlines were still preparing<br>\nfor the licenses and routes.<\/p>\n<p>Avia Patria and Pelita Air Service would use Boeing 373<br>\naircraft on their routes, he added.<\/p>\n<p>He said the government was considering providing more licenses<br>\nfor other airlines which planned to serve or switch from charter<br>\nservices to regular air carriers, to anticipate the possible<br>\nincrease in the passenger demand, especially in the eastern<br>\nprovinces and other remote areas, in the near future.<\/p>\n<p>Sunaryo said the number of passengers flying domestic routes<br>\nfell in 1998 and 1999 but was expected to rebound in 2000.<\/p>\n<p>He said the number of domestic passenger dropped by 13 percent<br>\nin 1999 from about 6.5 million people in 1998.<\/p>\n<p>Seat capacity nationwide had also declined to about 10.5<br>\nmillion from 15 million in 1998, as a result of the cancellation<br>\nof some unprofitable domestic routes by existing regular air<br>\ncarriers, such as state-owned firms Garuda Indonesia Airways,<br>\nMerpati Nusantara Airlines and private air carriers Bouraq and<br>\nMandala, he said<\/p>\n<p>Sunaryo said regular airlines had also reduced their fleet in<br>\norder to cut operational costs, resulting a drop in the number of<br>\naircraft from 163 in 1998 to only 93 this year. (cst)<\/p>",
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