Merpati opens new route

Merpati opens new route

SEMARANG: State-owned domestic airlines PT Merpati Nusantara
has opened a new route plying between here and Pontianak in West
Kalimantan in response to a growing demand from people conducting
social and economic activities in both locations.

There will be three flights to Pontianak every Monday,
Wednesday and Friday, Hendra Prasodjo, the chief of the Merpati
office here, said.

"Many businesspeople have asked for a direct flight from
Semarang to Pontianak and vice versa," Hendra said.

He expressed his guarded optimism that the new route would
yield strong profits for the company after learning that
businesspeople had invested in the West Kalimantan towns of
Pontianak and Pangkalan Bun. (har/edt)