AirAsia X Tambah Frekuensi Penerbangan Denpasar - Melbourne
Indonesia AirAsia X Increases Denpasar - Melbourne Flight Frequency
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Jakarta (B2B) - Indonesia AirAsia X meningkatan frekuensi penerbangan rute Bali–Melbourne dari dua kali seminggu menjadi lima kali seminggu mulai 1 April 2015.
Seiring dengan peningkatan frekuensi penerbangan, maka keberangkatan dari Bali ke Melbourne menjadi pada hari Selasa, Rabu, Jumat, Sabtu, dan Minggu, dengan tetap menggunakan pesawat Airbus A330-300 berkapasitas 377 kursi pernumpang terdiri dari 12 kursi flatbed di kelas bisnis dan 365 kursi kelas ekonomi.
Co-Founder and CEO AirAsia X Group Kamarudin Meranun menjelaskan, peningkatan frekuensi penerbangan tersebut guna mengakomodir tingginya permintaan perjalanan wisata antara Bali dan Melbourne, disamping juga sebagai bagian dari upaya Indonesia AirAsia X untuk ikut mendukung pertumbuhan pariwisata Indonesia.
"Kebijakan ini kami yakini juga akan memperkuat hubungan bilateral Indonesia dan Australia serta meningkatkan kontribusi terhadap sektor pariwisata serta pertumbuhan ekonomi antara kedua negara," katanya melalui pernyataan tertulisnya.
CEO Indonesia AirAsia X Dendy Kurniawan menambahkan, rute Bali-Melbourne mengalami peningkatan permintaan secara signifikan dalam satu bulan.
"Kami secara perdana mengoperasikan rute Bali – Melbourne pada Maret 2015 dan hanya dalam waktu satu bulan permintaan meningkat signifikan sehingga diputuksan mulai 1 April 2015 Indonesia AirAsia X melayani lima kali penerbangan per minggu dari sebelumnya dua kali," ujarnya.
Jakarta (B2B) - CEO of AirAsia X Group Kamarudin Meranun said Indonesia AirAsia X increased flight frequency between Bali and Melbourne from two to five times a week starting April 1, this year.
The increase flight frequency is made to follow growing demand for flight services between the two cities especially for the transport tourists, Meranun said in a written statement here on Saturday. Departure from Bali are on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays every week using 377 seat Airbus A330-300 aircraft
He said the increase in the flight frequency would contribute to the expansion of tourism sector, economic development in general in the two countries,
Dendy Kurniawan as the CEO of Indonesia AirAsia X, said the airline started serving the route only since last month. "In one month demand for flight service grew significantly prompting the decision to increase the flight frequency," Dendy said.
Indonesia AirAsia X already increased its flight frequency between Bali and Taipei from one to four flights, and between Bali and Bangkok from t to 14 flights a week starting March 6, 2015.
AirAsia lauded the decision of the government to increase the number of countries from which tourists are given visa free facility.
