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.