Mandala flies to Ambon

Mandala flies to Ambon

JAKARTA (JP): Mandala Airlines, one of the country's scheduled
airlines, will operate one more service to Ambon, Maluku.

Mandala's district manager in Ambon, Arie Andrianto, said the
decision to add the new service was made following successful
extra flights linking Ambon and Ujungpandang in South Sulawesi
with cities in Java and Sumatra including Surabaya, Jakarta,
Bandung and Medan.

"The load factor during the extra flights, operational from
June 1 to July 20, is very promising and is about 75 percent,"
Arie said as quoted by Antara over the weekend.

He said the new regular flight to Ambon would serve passengers
intending to fly to the country's eastern region as well to the
country's western part.

Head of the Ministry of Transportation in Maluku, Suwandi,
said Mandala's additional flight to Ambon would substitute a
Sempati service which was recently suspended due to a
rationalization plan. (icn)