Penang flights fully booked

JAKARTA (JP): Flights from Medan to Penang, Malaysia, are fully booked until the end of this month as more people are traveling overseas to avoid the current domestic political uncertainty, travel agencies in Medan said.

They said Malaysia Airlines, the only carrier servicing the Medan-Penang route, was fully booked until the end of the month.

The increased demand on that route has prompted Garuda Indonesia to charter Boeing-737s to ply the route once a day on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays.

However, demand for tickets from Medan to Singapore has remained stable, Antara quoted travel agencies as saying in Medan. (06)