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ingapore Airlines will add another daily flight from the city-state to Jakarta — bringing the total number of flights to eight — starting from Sept. 15 as well as preparing extra flights for the Idul Fitri holiday.

“We are delighted to reinstate the flight, which will increase the total number of services between Singapore and Jakarta to eight times daily,” Singapore Airlines general manager in Indonesia, David Lau, said Thursday.

“This is one of the most popular routes for the airline.”

Lau added that both business and leisure travelers would have a wider range of options to suit their travel preferences with the additional flight.

Singapore Airlines flight SQ950 will depart from Singapore at 6:45 a.m. Singapore time (5:45 a.m. Jakarta) and arrive in Jakarta at 7:30 a.m.

The returning flight, SQ953, is scheduled to depart from Soekarno-Hatta International Airport at 8:25 a.m. and land at Changi International Airport at 11 a.m. local time.

The eighth flight will be served by a Boeing 777-200 widebody jetliner with a capacity of 288 seats in a three-class configuration.

“There will be 8 seats in the first class and 42 in the business class, while the remaining will be in the economy class,” Lau said.

He added that the airline introduced revamped business class seats allowing passengers to enjoy audio-video on-demand in-flight entertainment usually found on longer routes.

The announcement of this new flight boosts the number of flights operated by Singapore Airlines to Jakarta to 56 flights a week. The airline also serves Bali with 21 flights a week.

The airline used to run an early morning flight, but this was stopped in 1999 due to the Asian financial crisis, Lau said.

Singapore Airlines will also provide 15 extra flights from Aug. 26 until Sept. 4 to serve travelers during Idul Fitri.

Public relations manager Gloria Henriette said the airline added only four flights for Idul Fitri last year.

“We submitted a request for extra flights in March, which has been approved,” she said.

Lau said the airline was planning to start a Singapore-Bandung, but was waiting for approval.

“I believe Bandung is a good destination for tourism and shopping,” he said.

Given that Bandung’s Husein Sastranegara International Airport has a shorter runway, analysts speculate Singapore Airlines would use its Silk Air subsidiary and its Airbus A320/319 narrowbody airliners to ply the route.

All of Singapore Airlines’ fleet are widebody aircraft that cannot be accommodated in Bandung.