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Lion Air Group adds 20,330 seats for exodus
The airline group will operate extra flights starting June 6 to 30 as the period is predicted to be the peak of exodus season.
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A Lion Air Boeing B737-900 on the taxiway of Soekarno-Hatta International airport in Tangerang, Banten, on Oct. 13, 2016. (The Jakarta Post/-)
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ion Air, Batik Air and Wings Air have prepared 20,330 extra seats for domestic flights to accommodate the annual Idul Fitri exodus. The airline group will operate extra flights from June 6 to 30 as the period is predicted to be the peak of exodus season.
According to an official release, Lion Air will operate 62 flights with 11,718 seats this holiday season. Meanwhile, Batik Air will operate 35 flights with 6,020 seats and Wings Air 36 flights with 2,592 seats to accommodate exodus travelers.
Capt. Daniel Putut Kuncoro, managing director of Lion Air Group, along with the Civil Aviation Directorate General oversaw readiness checks at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport on Sunday. The checks included observing aircraft condition and pilots, cabin crew and ground handling readiness to adhere to standard operating procedures.
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The extra flights will be served in the below airports.
Lion Air
From Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, Cengkareng, Tangerang (CGK), to:
Minangkabau International Airport, Padang, West Sumatra (PDG) – four flights.
Sultan Syarif Kasim II International Airport, Pekanbaru, Riau (PKU) – one flight.
Radin Inten II International Airport, Tanjung Karang, Lampung (TKG) – two flights.
Ahmad Yani International Airport, Semarang, Central Java (SRG) – one flight.
Adi Soemarmo International Airport, Surakarta, Central Java (SOC) – two flights.
Adisutjipto International Airport, Yogyakarta (JOG) – two flights.
Juanda International Airport, Surabaya, East Java (SUB) – four flights.
From Adisutjipto International Airport, Yogyakarta (JOG), to:
Syamsuddin Noor International Airport, Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan (BDJ) – one flight.
SAMS Sepinggan International Airport, Balikpapan, East Kalimantan (BPN) – one flight.
Sultan Hasanuddin International Airport, Makassar, South Sulawesi (UPG) – one flight.
From Juanda International Airport, Surabaya, East Java (SUB), to:
Syamsuddin Noor International Airport, Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan (BDJ) – four flights.
SAMS Sepinggan International Airport, Balikpapan, East Kalimantan (BPN) – four flights.
I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport, Denpasar, Bali (DPS) – two flights.
From Bandar Udara International Ahmad Yani, Semarang, Central Java (SRG), to:
SAMS Sepinggan International Airport, Balikpapan, East Kalimantan (BPN) – one flight.
From Sultan Syarif Kasim II International Airport, Pekanbaru, Riau (PKU), to:
Hang Nadim International Airport, Batam, Riau islands (BTH) – one flight.
Batik Air
From Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, Cengkareng, Tangerang (CGK), to:
Minangkabau International Airport, Padang, West Sumatra (PDG) – two flights.
Radin Inten II International Airport, Tanjung Karang, Lampung (TKG) – one flight.
Ahmad Yani International Airport, Semarang, Central Java (SRG) – two flights.
Adisutjipto International Airport, Yogyakarta (JOG) – two flights.
Juanda International Airport, Surabaya, East Java (SUB) – three flights.
From Halim Perdanakusuma Airport, Jakarta (HLP), to:
Minangkabau International Airport, Padang, West Sumatra (PDG) – one flight.
Radin Inten II International Airport, Tanjung Karang, Lampung (TKG) – two flights.
Adi Soemarmo International Airport, Surakarta, Central Java (SOC) – one flight.
Adisutjipto International Airport, Yogyakarta (JOG) – two flights.
Juanda International Airport, Surabaya, East Java (SUB) – one flight.
From Juanda International Airport, Surabaya, East Java (SUB), to:
I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport, Denpasar, Bali (DPS) – one flight.
Wings Air
From I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport, Denpasar, Bali (DPS), to:
Komodo Airport, Labuan Bajo, East Nusa Tenggara (LBJ) – one flight.
Lombok Praya International Airport, West Nusa Tenggara (LOP) – one flight.
Ahmad Yani International Airport, Semarang, Central Java (SRG) – one flight.
From Juanda International Airport, Surabaya, East Java (SUB), to:
Ahmad Yani International Airport, Semarang, Central Java (SRG) – three flights.
H. Asan Airport, Sampit, Central Kalimantan (SMQ) – one flight.
From Sultan Hasanuddin International Airport, Makassar, South Sulawesi (UPG), to:
Syukuran Aminuddin Amir Airport, Luwuk, Central Sulawesi (LUW) – three flights.
Sangia Nibandera Airport, Kolaka, Southeast Sulawesi (PUM) – two flights.
Sultan Muhammad Salahudin Airport, Bima, West Nusa Tenggara (BMU) – one flight.
From SAMS Sepinggan International Airport, Balikpapan, East Kalimantan (BPN), to:
Kalimarau Airport, Teluk Bayur, Berau, East Kalimantan (BEJ) – two flights.
From Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II International Airport, Palembang, South Sumatra (PLM), to:
Atung Bungsu Airport, Pagar Alam, South Sumatra (PXA) – one flight.
From Radin Inten II International Airport, Tanjung Karang, Lampung (TKG), to:
Husein Sastranegara International Airport, Bandung, West Java (BDO) – one flight.
From Ahmad Yani International Airport, Semarang, Central Java (SRG), to:
Iskandar Airport, Pangkalan Bun, Central Kalimantan (PKN) – one flight.
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