Mandala increases flights 20%

Mandala increases flights 20%

JAKARTA: Mandala Airlines will increase its flight frequency
to 14 destinations by up to 20 percent, raising seats from 9,300
to 11,068 per day to anticipate a surging number of passengers
during the holiday season.

The increased service will start Nov. 20, the firm said in a
statement, but it did not specify how long the new operation time
table would remain in effect.

"To anticipate sharp a increase of passengers during Idul
Fitri, Christmas and New Year, Mandala Airlines will improve its
service by increasing flight frequency to 85 flights per day,"
president director Suhadi said in the statement.

Aside from increasing flight frequency, the airlines will also
replace its Boeing 737-200 planes, with 100 seats, with the
larger Boeing 727-200, 167 seats, to serve the busier routes.

Routes that will have increased flight frequencies are
Jakarta-Batam, Jakarta-Balikpapan, Jakarta-Surabaya-Denpasar,
Jakarta-Jambi, Jakarta-Semarang, Banjarmasin-Surabaya, while
routes which have new aircraft are Jakarta-Ujung Pandang-Ambon,
Jakarta-Medan, Jakarta-Surabaya-Banjarmasin, Jakarta-Padang and
Jakarta-Ujung Pandang-Manado --JP