Turkish Airlines serves Jakarta<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Turkish Airlines's maiden flight to Jakarta, an
\nAirbus A340 carrying 105 passengers from Istanbul via Bangkok and
\nSingapore, landed yesterday at Soekarno-Hatta International
\nAirport.<\/p>\n
Turkish Airlines now serves Istanbul-Jakarta, via Bangkok and
\nSingapore, and Jakarta-Istanbul twice a week, said Lany Sukardi,
\ndirector of PT Angkasa Cahaya Cemerlang, the airline's general
\nsales agent, here yesterday.<\/p>\n
\"There were 42 passengers on board, two of them Indonesians,
\noriginating from Istanbul on the inaugural flight to Jakarta.
\nAnother 12 passengers were on the return flight to Istanbul,\" she
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
She said that flights would arrive in Jakarta on Mondays and
\nFridays at 4:30 p.m. and leave for Istanbul at 6:40 p.m. on the
\nsame day.<\/p>\n
Istanbul-Jakarta traveling time is just over 15 hours, with
\nnine hours and 30 minutes for the Istanbul-Bangkok leg, three
\nhours for the Bangkok-Singapore leg and one hour and 30 minutes
\nfor the Singapore-Jakarta leg, and some two hours transit time in
\nBangkok and Singapore, she said.<\/p>\n
\"To cut the traveling time, within the next two months, the
\nstopovers will be cut to just Singapore,\" she said, adding that
\nher company expected businesspeople, tourists and pilgrims from
\nIndonesia to use the airline.<\/p>\n
Turkish Airlines is a state-owned air carrier which was set up
\nin 1933. With a fleet of 65 aircraft, the company offers services
\nto 29 cities in Turkey and 63 international destinations.<\/p>\n
Overseas air carriers are encouraged to fly to Indonesia as
\nthe country relies increasingly on international tourists for
\nforeign exchange earnings.<\/p>\n
Indonesia has designated 23 airports as international gateways
\ninto the archipelago.<\/p>\n
The government has set a target of 9.26 million in annual
\nseating capacity of international air flights serving the country
\nin 1997 to support a target of some 5.5 million foreign tourist
\narrivals this year.<\/p>\n
Indonesia is presently served by six domestic air carriers and
\n42 foreign airlines of more than 13 nations with 16.2 million in
\nannual seating capacity.<\/p>\n
Out of the capacity, some 1.85 million seats are for European
\nservices and some 6.45 million for Asia-Pacific, Australia and
\nIndonesia's major tourist markets.<\/p>\n
A number of foreign airlines such as Northwest and United
\nAirlines of the United States, Lauda Air of Austria have
\nexpressed interests to open routes into the country. But they
\nhave yet to start services. (icn)<\/p>",
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