Jakarta-Palembang route fully booked

Jakarta-Palembang route fully booked

PALEMBANG, South Sumatera: Those planning to buy airplane
tickets for the Jakarta-Palembang route may be in for a long wait
as a surge in passengers in the past few weeks has left air
tickets in short supply.

Sofyan Anwar, General Manager of the Garuda Indonesia office
here said there had been a significant jump in passengers in the
past two months from the usual average of 8,500 per month to
10,200.

The rise in the number of passengers is reportedly related to
the number of meetings and conferences here.

Meanwhile, Srianto Senoadi, sales manager of the Merpati
Nusantara Airlines office here also said that "no more seats are
available, because we're booked through till next week."

In a bid to cope with the increased demand both airlines are
either increasing flight frequency or using a larger
airplane.(33)