MORE THAN 42.000 EXTRA SEATS FOR EID FITR

Every Lebaran it is one of busy time for any airlines in Indonesia, so to anticipate it some airlines have to allocated  additional or extra flights or extra seats to overcome the rise of passenger volume and flight seat demand. So for it Garuda Indonesia will have more than 42.000 additioan/extra seats for this Lebaran. The additional seat is allocated for domestic and international flight also.

For ticket reservation and flight information, just contact the Garuda Call center (non-stop 24 hours) at the following numbers: (021) 2351-9999 or 0 804 1 807 807 (accessible via ordinary phone lines or mobile Telkomsel users or go to Garuda Indonesia website.

188 EXTRA FLIGHT for IDUL FITRI 1430H

Jakarta, (Antara)

Department of Transportation (DoT) to permit as many as 188 additional flights (extra flight) to four airlines in the forth and the current flow through Lebaran or Idul Fitri 1430H.

Minister of Transportation, Jusman Syafii Djamal, in Jakarta on Tuesday, said the additional flight was given to four of the airline Garuda Indonesia, Merpati, Mandala Airlines, and Air Triagana.

“Additional flight especially on tracks like super busy Jakarta-Medan and Jakarta-Surabaya, to accommodate travelers who use air transportation,” Jusman Syafii Djamal said after attending the plenary session of Parliament in the House of Representatives Senayan Jakarta.

He said the additional flight permission granted to four airlines after a four-company filed for permission to MoT booking number of potential travelers.

With the additional flight 188, he estimates that the majority of travelers use air transportation transported. “At this year’s Lebaran travelers using air transport approximately 1.3 million people, or up approximately 15 percent,” he said.

When asked about the tariff, Jusman explained, allowed the airline to impose limits or rates rose by about 15 percent.

According to him, 15 per cent increase is the highest rate permitted the government. “If the highest rate limit shall be given sanctions, for violating the rules,” he said. Sanctions are given, he said, a verbal warning or written warning.

Until now, flight tickets on busy routes such as Jakarta, Medan, Jakarta, Yogyakarta, Jakarta, Surabaya, Jakarta, Medan, and Jakarta-Makassar are sold out until Lebaran D+3.

EXTRA FLIGHT JAKARTA – SURABAYA – JAKARTA

To anticipate the surge of passengers ahead of Eid holidays this year, one of national airline Mandala Airlines is trying to keep provide their best service to its customers is to provide additional flight which is expected with this Extra Flight will make easier for all passengers to get adequate transportation services and remain at a reasonable cost.

BOOKING PERIOD:  September 9, 2009

TRAVEL PERIOD   : September 17, 2009

The addition of this flight for September 17, 2009 with Route JAKARTA – SURABAYA – JAKARTA.

Terms and Conditions:

• Extra flight ticket prices SURABAYA – JAKARTA for 1 each way, including tax and others, Except PlusGuard and Airport Tax.
• Tickets that have been paid cannot be replaced or refunded name.
• Change date or rebooking flights are allowed if made more than 24 hours before departure, but charged according to applicable regulations.
• Tickets cannot be re booking or refunded if the passenger does not fly / cancel the flight.

Please visit Mandala Airline website for detals.

Indonesia Domestic Airlines

With the implementation of deregulation in the Commercial aviation business, it makes the airline business in Indonesia further grow and develop. The number of operators in Indonesia is growing up, but not a few operators have to stop their business due to financial problems, safety issues, and all of that effect to the level of competitiveness in between Airlines to win the market share and increase their flight load factor. Won the competition in the airline business make every airlines have to spend all the effort and innovation as well as sales and promotion system for consumer satisfy and convincing the costumer to use the airline services for their traveling.With the advanced level of service and safety and comfort, airlines expect the service users will choose their flights.

Airlines try to ease and pamper prospective customers since the ticket reservation and purchasing process and any related flight information, which is easily accessible through the airlines official website, we do not have to bother anymore in terms of booking airline tickets, with the availability of the official website of each respective airlines. And by the look of their website to promote their airlines, so that the website currently become one spearheading a marketing campaign for the airlines concerned, on the website we can get flight schedules from airlines concerned, the date and time and a variety of purposes and of course the price offered. At present almost all airlines in Indonesia have their website as a bridge ofinformation with their prospects.

Garuda Indonesia, the state owned airlines trying to become the leader of domestic market share, withexpansion at cheap ratesflight or Low Cost Carrier (LCC) through Garuda Citilink, one of Garuda’s subsidiary company, while Mandala Airlines to reform and revolution that became one of the airlines are experiencing very rapid growth over the past 3 years, by making reforms in all aspects, Mandala Airlines is working to increase their market share, and also Lion Air, by bringing a new aircraft fleet and expansion to the Asian regional lines, Lion Air hopes to increase their existence  not only in domestic but also regional market, as well as Batavia Air, Sriwijaya Air is certainly trying to increase their flight services in order to win the competition in the aviation business world. Another state owned Airlines is Merpati Nusantara,, mostly their operation area is in Eastern Region of  Indonesia and serve pioneer flight to any remote destination by non-jet aircraft.There is still some Domestic Airline that is not mentioned in this time, maybe in some post describe about it will be publish in next time