ANA to fly Osaka-Denpasar

ANA to fly Osaka-Denpasar

TOKYO (Dow Jones): Japan's All Nippon Airways Co said Friday it applied to the Transportation Ministry to start an Osaka- Denpasar direct air route service.

If approved, the service to Bali, Indonesia, is scheduled to start on Dec. 23 with flights twice a week, the major Japanese air transportation company said.

ANA has suspended its Jakarta-Denpasar flights due to political instability there since August. But it is opening the direct flight service to Bali, as passenger demand will likely recover now that unrest has subsided, the airline company said.