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