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  • AirAsia to move domestic flights to Kertajati airport starting June 30

    AirAsia to move domestic flights to Kertajati airport starting June 30

    Low-cost carrier AirAsia is to move its domestic flight operations from Husein Sastranegara International Airport in Bandung to Kertajati International Airport in Majalengka starting June 30.

    Majalengka is a 2.5- to 3-hour drive from Bandung, West Java.

    Meanwhile, AirAsia continues to offer international flights at Husein Sastranegara airport.

    Following this decision, flights to and from Bali are to land or depart at Kertajati airport. Hence, passengers who made Bali-Bandung bookings from June 30 onwards are advised to check their emails for new flight itineraries and to reprint their revised boarding passes.

    For those who are uncomfortable with having to change their travel plans, AirAsia announced in a statement that it is offering passengers a one-time chance until June 30 to change their flight date 30 calendar days in advance of the original scheduled flight date. There would be no additional cost but changing flights is subject to seat availability.

    The carrier is also accepting requests for full refunds for the value of passengers’ bookings at support.airasia.com.

    Information regarding Kertajati airport’s location and transportation options is available at bijb.co.id/akses-bandara.

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  • AirAsia announces five new domestic routes to Lombok, Labuan Bajo, Kertajati

    AirAsia announces five new domestic routes to Lombok, Labuan Bajo, Kertajati

    Low-cost carrier AirAsia launched five new domestic routes on Monday as it stated its “commitment to continue to support tourism and the economy by providing affordable flights”.

    Among the new services that will be operational on Aug. 1 are Jakarta-Lombok (11 times a week), Bali-Lombok (seven times a week), Yogyakarta’s Kulon Progo-Lombok (three times a week), Bali-Labuan Bajo (seven times a week) and Surabaya-West Java’s Kertajati (three times a week).

    Special promos are available for bookings made through airasia.com or the airline’s mobile app until June 30 for trips between Aug. 1 to Oct. 26, including for the Jakarta-Lombok (starting from Rp 635,000 [US$44.88]); Bali-Lombok (Rp 243,000) and Surabaya-Kertajati (Rp 626,000) routes. A free 15-kilogram baggage allowance is available for all the carrier’s domestic flights.

    “Since AirAsia’s newest hub in Lombok was inaugurated in early May and with the addition of our 25th Airbus A320 fleet, we are now ready to connect more and more of the country’s best destinations to support tourism and the local economy,” said AirAsia Indonesia managing director Dendy Kurniawan in a statement.

    AirAsia’s current domestic routes are Jakarta-Bali, Jakarta-Yogyakarta, Jakarta-Surabaya, Bali-Yogyakarta, Bali-Surabaya, Bali-Surakarta, Yogyakarta-Medan and Bandung-Bali.

  • Lion Air to Serve Umrah Flight from Kertajati Airport

    Lion Air to Serve Umrah Flight from Kertajati Airport

    Managing Director of Lion Group, Captain Daniel Putut Kuncoro Adi said that his company will serve the first umrah flight from Kertajati Airport, Majalengka, on Saturday, October 13. Lion Air will use Boeing 737-800 Max8 made in 2018 with the capacity of 176 passengers. “Our hope is it the flight will increase. We are ready to serve every day. For now, we start with one flight in a week,” Daniel said. The flight route is from Kertajati to Madinah, and the return flight is from Jeddah to Kertajati.

    “We start with once a week flight frequency. Up to this year’s Umrah season, the slot is already full,” he said at Gedung Sate, Bandung, Tuesday, October 9

    Daniel said that Lion Air has planned to replace the aircraft with a larger one. “We have an Airbus 330 with a capacity of 440 passengers, then a Boeing 747 with a capacity of 500 passengers,” he said.

    Samira Ali Wisata’s Managing Director, Fauzi Wahyu Muntoro, said his Umrah travel agent DGI (Dini Group Indonesia) could get 90 people in a month, to depart from Kertajati Airport.

    President Director of West Java International Airport (BIJB) Virda Dimas Ekaputra said that Lion Air agreed to serve the Umrah flight from Kertajati Airport twice a week.

    West Java Governor Ridwan Kamil said the Umrah flight service from Kertajati Airport had long been awaited by the West Java people.

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  • Construction of Kertajati Airport reaches 64.2%

    Construction of Kertajati Airport reaches 64.2%

    Kertajati Airports construction project in Majalengka, West Java, comprising access, drainage, interchange ramp, and parking lots has reached 64.2% on Jan 29, PT. Bandarudara Internasional Jawa Barat Director Virda Dimas Ekaputra stated.

    The construction of the Kertajati Airport comprises three working packages, Ekaputra noted.

    Package 2 encompasses the construction of the main passenger terminal building in cooperation with PT. Wijaya Karya and PT. PP, with a contract value of Rp1.39 trillion.

    Meanwhile, Package 3 comprises the construction of facilities for supporting operations, such as a cargo terminal and regional electrical connection by PT. Waskita, with a contract value of Rp416 billion.

    “The work on Package 2 has reached 19.94%, while that on Package 3 has reached 35%,” Ekaputra stated.

    Hence, he noted that the overall progress of the Kertajati airports construction project has reached 30% on February 5, 2017.

    Ekaputra pointed out that the cost for Phase 1 reaches Rp2.1 trillion of the total development investment of Rp4.5 trillion.

    He expressed optimism that the infrastructure work would be completed on July 3, 2017; the building to support operations on August 8, 2017; and the terminal building on December 6, 2017; while the initial operations will begin in January 2018 and full operations in March 2018.

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