Singapore-Jakarta for $41

Singapore-Jakarta for $41

SINGAPORE (AFP): Australian carrier Qantas and its partner
British Airways on Monday offered a Singapore-Jakarta return
ticket for the stunning sum of S$69 (US$41) as part of a week-
long promotion.

Southeast Asia sales and marketing manager Rob Coldman,
assuring that there was no typographical error in a newspaper
advertisement for the Global Offers promotion, said it's one of
the cheapest international fares offered anywhere.

"It's not really a response to traffic being bad, but we think
we have an opportunity in the market," he said.

The promotion covers seven destinations in Australia, plus
Bombay, Jakarta, London, Paris and Frankfurt. Tickets to London
and Frankfurt, the most expensive in the promotion, were priced
at S$949 (US$561).

The prices were on average 35 percent lower than the next
cheapest available in the market, Coldman said.