Air Mauritius flies to Jakarta

Air Mauritius flies to Jakarta

JAKARTA (JP): Air Mauritius, the flag carrier of the Republic
of Mauritius, an island-country in the Indian Ocean, is scheduled
to start serving Jakarta on Nov. 2.

Nurdin Purnomo, the president of PT Duta Cardindo, the general
sales agent for the airline, said yesterday that Air Mauritius
will operate Boeing B-767-300 aircraft to Jakarta.

"The plane will serve Port Louis-Jakarta via Singapore and
Jakarta-Port Louis directly. We expect to see a 60 percent load
factor in the Mauritius-Jakarta route," he said, adding that the
airline plans to use an Airbus A-340 jet if the load factor is
promising.

"The airline has proposed the service to Indonesia since
1989," he said.

He said that Mauritius is a gateway to East Africa, Madagascar
and South Africa, three potential countries for Indonesia's
tourism industry. Some 3,000 Mauritians visited Indonesia last
year. (icn)