Celebes Airlines to fly to Papua

Celebes Airlines to fly to Papua

JAYAPURA, Papua: Celebes Airlines will launch its first flight
from Jakarta to Papua on March 15, an official said Thursday.

The maiden flight will start from Jakarta at 5:14 p.m. It will
make stop-overs in Makassar and Timika before landing in Sentani
airport in the Papua capital of Jayapura.

Commercial General Manager of PT Celebes Aviation Service,
Risma Dewi Djajadi, told reporters that the company would serve
afternoon flights to Papua daily.

The airline would be the second company to fly to Papua from
Jakarta in the afternoon after state-owned Merpati Nusantara
Airlines, There are two airline companies that have morning
flights to Papua.

Celebes Airline currently operates three planes, two Boeing
737-200 with 108 seats and an MD-82 with 141 seats. -- JP