Air France cuts flights

JAKARTA (JP): Air France said on Monday it would slash the number of its Paris-Singapore-Jakarta flights later this month from six flights a week to three due to Indonesia's prolonged economic crisis.

Air France's representative for Indonesia, Christian Herpin, said that starting on March 28 Air France would have flights to Paris on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday.

Herpin also said that starting on April 14, Air France's newest Boeing 777s would replace the Airbus A-340s on the route.

"We will employ our newest aircraft because Jakarta-Singapore- Paris is one of the longest routes in the world. And later, if the situation allows, we will fly from Jakarta directly to Paris without a stopover in Singapore." (rid)