Indonesia, NZ to amend air accord

Indonesia, NZ to amend air accord

JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia and New Zealand will amend an air
agreement in October to enable their air carriers to increase
flight services from the present six times weekly between them to
20 times, an official says.

Director of Marketing of the Directorate General of Tourism
Den Zachrie told The Jakarta Post here yesterday that the number
of visitors to and from both countries has been increasing
steadily within the last few years.

Den was attending a luncheon for New Zealand Minister of
Tourism John Banks, who arrived here on Thursday for a two-day
visit to hold a meeting with Minister of Tourism, Post and
Telecommunications Joop Ave. During his visit, Banks also met
with the director of commerce of the national flag carrier Garuda
Indonesia, Koesoejono.

Banks said the number of Indonesian tourists visiting his
country reached 11,000 last year, while visitors from New Zealand
to Indonesia reached 30,000.

Air New Zealand's manager in Indonesia, Bob L. Fullarton, said
that both his carrier and Garuda serve Denpasar and Auckland
twice weekly in the low season and three times weekly in the high
season. The load factor of Air New Zealand, operating Boeing-767
aircraft, is about 67 percent. (icn)