2013-05-07 — /travelprnews.com/ — Singapore Airlines will significantly boost Indonesia services from July, with the introduction of daily flights to Surabaya, and an increase in frequency to the capital Jakarta and the resort island of Bali.
From 26 July, SIA will take over one of two daily Surabaya flights currently operated by regional subsidiary SilkAir. Surabaya is the second-largest city in Indonesia and the capital of East Java.
The Airline will operate 285-seat Airbus A330s for the daily Surabaya flights, increasing combined SIA and SilkAir capacity on the route by 48 per cent.
Also on 26 July, SIA will introduce a ninth daily service to Jakarta, and will simultaneously add its fourth daily service to Denpasar (Bali). Flight schedules can be found in the attached Annex.
SIA currently operates 56 weekly Jakarta flights – more than to any other destination in its network – and 21 weekly Denpasar flights. SilkAir currently operates 60 weekly fights to nine Indonesian destinations, and in July and August will launch services to two more points, namely Semarang and Makassar.
“The Indonesian economy is growing and this has increased demand for both business and leisure travel,” said Ms Lee Wen Fen, SIA’s Acting Senior Vice President Marketing Planning.
“Indonesia is an especially important market for the SIA Group, as demonstrated by SIA’s new services to Surabaya, our additional flights to Bali and Jakarta, and SilkAir’s new services to Semarang and Makassar. These new flights will provide even more options to our customers for travel to and from Indonesia, as well as for travel beyond Singapore to the many other destinations in our global network.”
ANNEX
NEW FLIGHTS TO SURABAYA (FROM 26 JULY 2013)
| FLIGHT NUMBER | AIRCRAFT TYPE | DAYS OF OPERATIONS | DEPARTS | ARRIVES |
| SQ930 | A330-300 (285 seats) | Daily | Singapore0750 hours | Surabaya0910 hours |
| SQ931 | A330-300 (285 seats) | Daily | Surabaya1030 hours | Singapore1335 hours |
ADDITIONAL FLIGHTS TO JAKARTA (FROM 26 JULY 2013)
| FLIGHT NUMBER | AIRCRAFT TYPE | DAYS OF OPERATIONS | DEPARTS | ARRIVES |
| SQ964 | A330-300 (285 seats) | Daily | Singapore1625 hours | Jakarta1710 hours |
| SQ965 | A330-300 (285 seats) | Daily | Jakarta1810 hours | Singapore2045 hours |
ADDITIONAL FLIGHTS TO DENPASAR (FROM 26 JULY 2013)
| FLIGHT NUMBER | AIRCRAFT TYPE | DAYS OF OPERATIONS | DEPARTS | ARRIVES |
| SQ940 | B777-200 (323 seats) | Daily | Singapore0700 hours | Denpasar0935 hours |
| SQ949* | B777-200 (323 seats) | Daily | Denpasar2145 hours | Singapore0015+1 hours |
*SQ949 will operate from 25 July 2013
NB: The flights stated in this Annex are subject to government approvals.
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