Etihad Airways is increasing its flights between Abu Dhabi and Jakarta from daily to double daily from 27 October, 2013.
Etihad’s flights between Abu Dhabi and Jakarta are operated by a two-class Boeing 777-300ER aircraft, with 28 seats in Pearl Business Class and 384 seats in Coral Economy Class.
The move takes the number of services operated by Etihad Airways and in in partnership with Garuda Indonesia to 20
Etihad Airways’ President and Chief Executive Officer James Hogan said the extra daily service would add 5,768 extra seats per week to the Jakarta – Abu Dhabi route.
“The addition of a second daily flight puts Etihad Airways in a strong position in the Indonesian market because travellers will have a greater choice of departure times and will enjoy more frequent connections in Abu Dhabi to key destinations across our global network.
“The extra capacity also presents opportunities to capitalise on Indonesia’s rapidly growing aviation market and to leverage the growing trade between Indonesia and the United Arab Emirates.
“Last year, total bilateral trade between Indonesia and the UAE was valued at $3.3 billion, an increase of 32.32 per cent on 2011 – so we see significant opportunities to boost our share of the business travel market and to grow our successful freight division, Etihad Cargo.
Mr Hogan noted that the addition of a second daily flight was consistent with Etihad Airways’ expansion in Indonesia.
“We entered the Indonesian market in March 2006 with a modest four flights a week between Jakarta and Abu Dhabi and since then, we have more than tripled our frequency and have developed a strong partnership with Indonesia’s flag carrier.
“Our partnership with Garuda Indonesia adds six extra flights per week to the Abu Dhabi–Jakarta sector and enables us to offer daily flights between Jakarta and Perth, Australia and connections to five Indonesian cities.”
The new comes as Air France announces that Jakarta will become a new destination for the airline as an additional stop (or tag) on its Singapore service (see news here
Tom Otley
