Qantas' Indonesian service

Qantas' Indonesian service

CANBERRA (Reuter): Australian authorities confirmed yesterday a draft ruling giving Qantas Airways Ltd rights to two more Boeing 767-300 services a week to neighboring Indonesia, an increasingly important market.

"Qantas has indicated these services will operate from either Brisbane or Melbourne," Australia's International Air Services Commission said in a statement.

The commission allocates capacity rights negotiated between Australia and other countries.

"Indonesia is one of Australia's major markets," the commission said. "In the year ended 31 October, 1995, 721,000 passengers traveled on the Australia-Indonesia route, an increase of 14 percent over the preceding year," it said.

"Indonesia now accounts for almost six percent of total international passenger movements to and from Australia."

Qantas is 25 percent owned by British Airways Plc.