Garuda increases Aceh flights

Garuda increases Aceh flights

MEDAN, North Sumatra (JP): Garuda Indonesia Airways has
expanded the flight frequency on its Medan-Banda Aceh service
from seven flights to nine flights a week.

"From now on we will serve two flights a day every Thursday
and Saturday," Aryo K. Bardijan, sales manager of the Garuda
office in Medan, said on Tuesday.

He said Garuda would depart Medan on those two days at 9:20
a.m. and 12:45 p.m.

Demand for air travel from the province has increased in
recent weeks due to the disruption of bus services from Banda
Aceh to Medan in North Sumatra, according to Aryo.

"We previously expanded our flight capacity by replacing the
operations of small planes with the larger ones. But that was not
enough," he said.

Garuda replaced the operation of its 92-seat capacity Boeing
737-500 planes with the larger 124-seat Boeing 737-400 planes
late last month. (udi/39)