Lion Air Ready to Open Flight Routes of Kupang-Darwin and Adelaide-Denpasar

Lion Air says ready to serve the Indonesia-Australia flight on the route Kupang-Darwin and Adelaide-Denpasar. Ability to handle service Indonesia-Australia routes were presented by the Managing Director of Lion Air, Rusdi Kirana, on Thursday, February 7, 2013 last. In this case, Lion Air agreed a request from the Indonesian Ambassador to Australia, Riphat Najib, who requested that the national airline was willing to serve two routes linking Indonesia and Australia.

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Director of Lion Air, Rusdi Kirana, Lion Air revealed that ready to open two new routes to Australia, the Kupang-Darwin and Adelaide-Denpasar. "We are ready to open two new routes to Australia to fly the route Kupang-Darwin and Adelaide-Denpasar route," Rusdi said in a written statement on the signing of the Air Transport Services Agreement between Indonesia and Australia, at the Australian Parliament House, Canberra , Australia, Thursday, February 7, 2013.

The opening of the two routes is also due to the request from the Ambassador of Australia, Nadjib Riphat. "The Embassy of Indonesia has received requests direct flights from several cities in Australia to Denpasar, especially from various circles in Adelaide, I see this very good opportunity for Indonesia airlines" explained Nadjib Riphat.

Current carrying capacity that is used Indonesia as many as 12,000 seats and the Australians have used as many as 17,100 seats / week. Routes and airlines that fly Indonesia - Australia is PT. Garuda Indonesia on Denpasar-Perth route, Denpasar-Sydney, Melbourne-Denpasar, Jakarta - Sidney, and Denpasar-Melbourne. Air Asia Indonesia on Denpasar-Perth route. While in the Australia through Qantas flies Sydney-Jakarta route, Qantas code share with Jetstar's on Sydney-Denpasar route, Melbourne-Denpasar and Perth-Denpasar. Furthermore, the airline Virgin Australia on Adelaide-Denpasar route.

In this occasion, the Minister of Communications of the Republic of Indonesia, EE Mangindaan, and the Australian Minister for Infrastructure and Transport, Anthony Albanese, signed the Air Transport Services Agreement between Indonesia and Australia and signed Annex II of the Memorandum of Understanding Between The Minisry Arrangement of Transportation of the Republic of Indonesia and the Department of Infrastrcture and Transport of Australia on Transport Security Cooperation.

Air Relationship Agreement between Indonesia and Australia is the legal basis in the implementation of the treaty relations between the two countries are set forth in the agreement governing the technical detail right transport capacity, frequency and aircraft type to be used airline from each country. Indonesia Air Transport Services Agreement was first signed on March 7, 1969. "There have been many developments in the air transport between Indonesia and Australia, the number of passengers continues to increase, therefore greatly Air Service Agreement needs to be revised by the two countries. I hope that the national airline of Indonesia capitalize on the growth of air transport Indonesia Australia as well as possible, because still a lot of requests from several cities in Australia, "explains EE Mangindaan after signing agreements air transport services.