Manado City Government supported Lion Air to open air routes to Hong Kong and Japan

Lion Air | AeroTourismZone. Manado City Government supported Lion Air to open air routes to Hong Kong and Japan.

The Manado city government plans to support the opening of Manado Manado route, Hongkong and Japan by the airline Lion Air. "Plan the opening a route to Hong Kong and Japan is a positive step in the effort to develop Manado as the eco-tourism city," the mayor of Manado, Vicky Lumentut said in Manado, Friday (13/07/2012).

Vicky said, with the opening of Hong Kong and Japan routes, will provide opportunities to the tourists from various countries around the world come to Manado. Hong Kong and Japan are two countries where the tourism sector is well known. With the opening of routes to the country will have a positive impact for the province of North Sulawesi.

Support for airlines, says Vicky, important in sustaining the success of tourism in an area, because it fully supports the local government has prepared an expansion plan that Lion Air. "Including a plan to make Sam Ratulangi Airport as a 'hub' Lion Air. It's something positive, because the addition of routes will be realized," Vicky said.

Vicky said Lion Air plans to increase flights to Sam Ratulangi Airport. "There are plans to add management Lion Air flight from Manado Sam Ratulangi Airport, which is every two hours there is one flight, and it can be realized if the aircraft is available at the hangar in Manado," said Vicky.