Valuair launches new service to RI

Valuair launches new service to RI

SINGAPORE: Singapore-based budget carrier Valuair will begin a second daily service to Jakarta next week to tap into the growing traffic between the two neighbours, the airline said on Thursday.

The second flight to the Indonesian capital, starting on Monday, will be an evening service. The existing daily flight leaves in the morning.

"With the addition of a night flight, business travellers are able now to spend the day in Jakarta and still make it back to Singapore on the same working day," Valuair said in a statement.

The launch of a second service to Jakarta increases Valuair's total flight routes to five. It currently flies twice daily to Bangkok and daily to Jakarta and Hong Kong. Valuair, started by a former Singapore Airlines managing director, made its maiden flight in May and is the first budget airline to base itself out of Singapore, where two more no-frills carriers are preparing to launch services. -- AFP