Garuda raises Japan flights

Garuda raises Japan flights

JAKARTA (JP): Garuda Indonesia will increase its service to
Japan by operating an MD-11 aircraft to Osaka three times a week
starting on Sep. 4, a spokesman for the national flag carrier
said here yesterday.

The carrier currently serves three major cities in Japan,
including Tokyo (seven times a week), Nagoya (five times a week)
and Fukuoka (three times a week).

Garuda's chief of the services division, Tony Sonawidjaja,
said the airline is inviting its clients to check in at its "city
check-in" facilities in the peak tourist season in July and
August. This will be used both to guarantee that travelers
flights have been confirmed and to reduce congestion at airports.

Tony said that the facilities, introduced in late 1993, are
open 24 hours up to four hours before flight departures.

He said that each month some 14,000 passengers in Denpasar,
Bali, used the city check-in service in the first six months of
this year, with 1,800 passengers in Jakarta and 2,500 passengers
in Surabaya, East Java. (icn)