Garuda Indonesia Officially Opens Jakarta-Banyuwangi Flight Line

By : Hariyanto And Aldi Firhand. A | Sunday, September 10 2017 - 16:25 IWST

Minister Arief Yahya on the inaugural flight Garuda Indonesia Jakarta-Banyuwangi
Minister Arief Yahya on the inaugural flight Garuda Indonesia Jakarta-Banyuwangi

INDUSTRY.co.id - Banyuwangi - Garuda Indonesia national airline officially opened the Jakarta-Banyuwangi PP flight route. Garuda aircraft started the flight from Soekarno Hatta Airport, Jakarta with Bombardier CJ 1000 type aircraft with 96 passengers at 14.15 WIB, and landed in Banyuwangi at 15:55 pm.

Tourism Minister Arief Yahya appreciated the opening of this route by Garuda, in a day there are now six flights to Banyuwangi, which is three times from Jakarta by Garuda and Nam Air and three times from Surabaya by Garuda and Wings Air.

"This end will develop Banyuwangi, especially in the tourism sector, and I am sure, Banyuwangi tourist visit will continue to increase as the flight to Banyuwangi is increasingly vibrant," said Arief, Friday (8/9/2017).

The number of passengers at Banyuwangi Airport alone jumped by 1,340 percent from 7,826 in 2010 to more than 112,000 in 2016, and this year it is believed to have passed 150,000 people. For domestic tourist visit, jumped from 500,000 tourists in 2010 to a range of 4 million people in 2016. As for foreign tourists rose from the range of 7,000 to 75,000 foreign tourists.

"The growth in the number of Banyuwangi tourists visit rapidly. In addition to increasingly easy access, destinations and supporting facilities more complete, including there are 72 attractions festival in a year," said Arief.

Banyuwangi Regent Abdullah Azwar Anas is grateful to all those who have supported the development of Banyuwangi. "This is the form of mutual assistance, central government, regional governments and state-owned enterprises continue to help improve connectivity," he said.

Meanwhile, President Director of Garuda Pahala N Mansury said, currently Banyuwangi growing quite rapidly.

"It is a pity if we only go through the Jakarta-Banyuwangi route because there are many foreign tourists, especially from Europe who want to go to Banyuwangi, so that the departure time from Jakarta-Banyuwangi is adjusted to the schedule of foreign flights and major cities in Indonesia such as Medan, Lampung, Balikpapan and Makassar, passengers from there will be able to get to Banyuwangi with good transit time, "said Pahala.

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