RI grants SIA more seats to Bali<\/p>\n
JAKARTA: Indonesia has granted Singapore Airlines Ltd. and the
\ncity state's other full-service airlines permission to offer more
\nseats to Jakarta and the resort island of Bali, while keeping a
\ncap on low-fare carriers.<\/p>\n
Singapore Air, Asia's largest airline by market value, will be
\nallowed to raise its seat capacity by 15 percent on flights to
\nthe Indonesian capital and Denpasar in Bali, said Cucuk Suryo
\nSuprojo, director-general in charge of air transportation at
\nIndonesia's Transport Ministry, in a telephone interview on
\nTuesday in Jakarta.<\/p>\n
The Indonesian government, which owns PT Garuda Indonesia,
\nwants to protect the Jakarta-based airline from Malaysian Airline
\nSystems Bhd, Singapore Airlines and Southeast Asia's 10 low-fare
\ncarriers, which are expanding in Asia. Garuda posted a first-
\nquarter operating loss of Rp 139 billion rupiah (US$14.6
\nmillion), almost double its loss last year.<\/p>\n
To help Garuda compete, the government limits the number of
\nseats overseas airlines can sell on routes to Indonesian cities.
\nThe quotas, applied to individual cities, are negotiated between
\ngovernments, Transport Minister Hatta Rajasa said on May 20.-- AP<\/p>",
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