Indonesia AirAsia opens four new routes from Singapore

02 April 2009

Singapore - Indonesia AirAsia has opened four flight routes from Singapore to Jakarta, Bandung, Yogyakarta and Bali in an effort to increase the number of tourists to Indonesia.

"People in the Singapore Tourism Board told us we are crazy for this is the first time an airlines opens four new flight routes simultaneously," chief executive officer of Indonesia AirAsia Capt Darmadi said Tuesday.

"Since the opening on March 24 of AirAsia's maiden flights for the Singapore-Jakarta, Singapore-Bandung, Singapore-Yogyakarta and Singapore-Bali routes, a total of 80,000 passengers have booked a tickets," Capt Darmadi said. In 2009, it has set itself a target of flying 3.5 million passengers with 17 airplanes, consisting of 11 A320s and six B-737s