AdamAir adds two more planes

The Jakarta Post, Jakarta

Budget carrier PT Adam SkyConnections Airlines (AdamAir) has added two more Boeing aircraft to its existing fleet of six to help accommodate rising demand.

The airline, which currently serves the Jakarta-Surabaya and Jakarta-Denpasar routes, said in a statement that it needed additional aircraft following its decision to increase its frequency on those routes.

With the additional aircraft, it now flies five times per day to Surabaya, one flight more than before, and four times a day to Denpasar, compared to two flights previously.

"The additional planes are necessary to accommodate increasing demand, as well as to meet our target of increasing our fleet to 15 aircraft by July," AdamAir chief executive officer Gunawan Suherman said in the statement.

AdamAir started its domestic airline operations in December 2003 with Boeing 747-400 and Boeing 737-500 aircraft made between 1997 and 2000

This July, AdamAir plans to deploy seven more planes to serve a number of new routes, including Jakarta-Bengkulu, Jakarta- Mataram (West Nusa Tenggara), Jakarta-Batam (Riau), Jakarta- Banjarmasin (South Kalimantan), Jakarta-Ambon (Maluku) and Jakarta-Balikpapan (East Kalimantan).

Later this year, it plans also to establish a number of international routes, such as Jakarta-Singapore, Jakarta-Kuala Lumpur, Bandung-Kuala Lumpur, Surabaya-Kuala Lumpur and Denpasar- Singapore. -- JP