ANA to fly to Bali regularly

ANA to fly to Bali regularly

JAKARTA (JP): All Nippon Airways (ANA) is scheduled to begin
flying from Tokyo to Denpasar, Bali, via Jakarta today, after
serving Indonesia with charter flights for two decades.

ANA Managing Director Yuzuru Matsumoto said yesterday that ANA
would fly the route twice a week, Wednesdays and Saturdays, using
a 213-seat Boeing 767-300 aircraft.

"In the first year of operations, the airline anticipates
carrying 27,000 passengers and 1,400 tons of cargo," Matsumoto
said.

Matsumoto said Indonesia, particularly Bali, was a major
tourist destination for Japanese. Last year, 486,000 Japanese
flew to Indonesia, making up 11.2 percent of total inbound
traffic.

Japanese tourist arrivals ranked third after Singapore and
Malaysian arrivals.

Matsumoto said that apart from serving Indonesia's booming
tourist market, ANA would freight a lot of air cargo.

Japan's exports to Indonesia increased 40 percent last year,
while exports to Japan increased 20 percent. In terms of cargo
flows to Indonesia, Japan ranks fourth after Singapore, Taiwan
and Hong Kong, he said.

ANA serves 100 Japanese domestic routes and 43 international
routes, including the new Denpasar service.

According to Matsumo, ANA ranks sixth on the International Air
Transport Association's list of the world's largest passenger
carriers. The first five are United States-based carriers.

In the fiscal year ending March, 1995, ANA made US$7.9 billion
in revenue, $256 million in operational profit and $29 million in
net profit. (pwn)