AWAIR to launch three new routes

AWAIR to launch three new routes

JAKARTA: AWAIR, a local unit of Malaysian budget carrier
AirAsia, said on Wednesday it would launch three new routes on
Sunday.

"We are proud of our rapid business growth in responding to
high demand from the Indonesian people," president Sendjaja
Widjaja said in a statement. "After just one month, AWAIR will
add three new routes."

The carrier will employ its second aircraft, a 148-seat Boeing
737-300, to service the new routes.

The new aircraft will serve two domestic routes from Jakarta
to Surabaya and from Jakarta to Denpasar on the resort island of
Bali. It will also offer an international service between Jakarta
and Singapore.

AWAIR was re-launched on Dec. 8, when AirAsia entered the
Indonesian domestic aviation market, after succumbing to intense
competition in 2002.

AirAsia has said its expansion into Indonesia has put it on
track to becoming a region-wide player. -- AFP