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SQ prepares extra flights for Jakarta, sixth daily flight for Bali
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More seats: A Singapore Airlines Boeing 777-300ER airplane plies along the tarmac of Singapore Changi Airport in Singapore on May 13, 2022. The airlines is adding an extra flight for the 2023 Idul Fitri travel season to the Soekarno-Hatta International Airport as well as the sixth flight daily to Ngurah Rai International Airport. ( AFP/Roslan Rahman)
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ingapore Airlines is adding capacity to its routes linking Changi International Airport with Soekarno-Hatta International Airport for the Idul Fitri holiday season by inserting an additional flight.
Meanwhile, the airline member of Star Alliance will add a sixth daily flight to Ngurah Rai International Airport serving top tourist destination Bali.
“There are two periods for the Idul Fitri extra flight. The first period is on April 16-21 while the second period is from April 26 to May 3,” Singapore Airlines public relations manager in Indonesia, Kleopas Danang Bintoroyakti, told The Jakarta Post.
The Idul Fitri extra flight will use a Boeing 777-300ER widebody aircraft with a three-class configuration consisting of four first-class seats, 48 business-class seats and 212 economy-class seats for a total capacity of 264 seats.
Flight SQ 960 leaves Singapore at 3:15 p.m. and arrives at 4 p.m. while the returning trip, flight SQ961 leaves Soekarno Hatta International Airport, which serves the Greater Jakarta region, at 5 p.m. and arrives at Changi International Airport at 7:50 p.m. All times are local time.
Currently, Singapore Airlines fly six times a day to Jakarta using the 777-300ER three times daily and Airbus A350-900 also thrice daily.
The A350-900 is configured in a long-haul, three-class configuration without the prestigious first class. The Airbus widebody aircraft consists of 42 business-class seats, 24 premium-economy class seats and 187 economy-class seats for a total of 253 seats.
