Merpati reroutes flights

Merpati reroutes flights

JAKARTA (JP): Merpati Nusantara Airlines, a subsidiary of the
national flag carrier Garuda Indonesia, will temporarily reroute
a number of its flights for the upcoming Asia Pacific Economic
Cooperation (APEC) meetings.

Company spokesman Benny Achmad said yesterday that all flights
from the Halim Perdanakusuma airport in East Jakarta will be
moved to the Soekarno-Hatta airport in Cengkareng, west of here,
on Nov. 13 and 16.

On Nov. 12 and 16, the Jakarta base for flights serving
Ketapang in West Kalimantan and Pangkalanbun in East Kalimantan
will be moved to Soekarno-Hatta.

Several services on Nov. 12, 14, 15 and 17 will be moved to
Soekarno-Hatta as well, but basically the timetables will remain
unchanged, he said.

Merpati, currently operating 90 aircraft, will also provide 12
services linking Jakarta and Bandung (West Java) on Nov. 9 and 10
for the special occasion of the rolling out of the N-250
turboprop commuter plane, manufactured by the state-run Industri
Pesawat Terbang Nusantara.(icn)