Garuda Indonesia offers new flight destinations

DENPASAR (indo.com): The national flag carrier Garuda Indonesia has announced plans to add new Asian destination and increase flight frequency to existing ports to anticipate the short-term effect of the Iraq war and the outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) on the travel market.

The new flight services, to commence on June 2003, will include Jakarta - Hongkong, Surabaya Kuala Lumpur, Jakarta - Bangkok and Jakarta - Singapore - Beijing. Garuda will also increase its flights serving Jakarta - Singapore - Amsterdam, from the current three to four times a week.

Starting March 30, 2003, the aircraft had also increased its Denpasar - Tokyo direct flight service from the previous five to seven times per week. The Denpasar - Brisbane - Auckland (NZ) service ha also been increased from two to three times per week.