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Garuda revives S'pore-Yogya route
YOGYAKARTA: National flag carrier Garuda Indonesia reopened Tuesday a route linking Singapore and Yogyakarta, a move that will help increase economic activities in the province, and that opens up the Indonesian city to further potential
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YOGYAKARTA: National flag carrier Garuda Indonesia reopened Tuesday a route linking Singapore and Yogyakarta, a move that will help increase economic activities in the province, and that opens up the Indonesian city to further potential.
The route will be served by a Boeing 737-300 with a seating capacity of 100 and will have three flights a week, on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, according to Garuda.
Garuda estimates the route has the potential to carry 29,000 passengers next year, with an expected load factor of 80 percent.
The Transportation Ministry has forecast growth in numbers of international and domestic passengers at 10 percent next year.
The number of international passengers is expected to grow to 3.70 million from the 3.37 million estimated for this year. The number of domestic passengers is forecast to reach 51 million from the 46.34 million estimated for this year. -- JP
