SIA to increase Bali flights

SIA to increase Bali flights

DENPASAR (Antara): Singapore Airlines (SIA) plans to increase the frequency of flights on its Singapore-Denpasar route to 28 times a week beginning October, from 24 times per week at present.

Raja Segran, general manager of SIA operations in Indonesia, said here on Friday,the airline was waiting for the Indonesian government's approval to increase the flight frequency.

He said last July, the airline increased the flight frequency on its Singapore-Denpasar route from 21 to 24 times a week or three times a day using Airbus-310s and 340s, and Boeing-777s.

The average load factor on SIA's Singapore-Denpasar route was about 79.9 percent during the first four months of the year, he said. The number of foreign tourists flying on SIA's Singapore- Denpasar service rose by 12.3 percent during the period, he added.