Sriwijaya Air Plans New Routes to Boost Passenger Numbers

27 Mar 2017 13:47:25

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Jakarta. Indonesian budget airline Sriwijaya Air and its subsidiary, Nam Air, will add new international and domestic routes this year in a bid to increase their total passenger numbers by more than a third, a director said.

The two airlines expect to carry a combined total of 15 million passengers this year compared with 11.2 million last year, which would account for nearly 13 percent of all international and domestic air passengers in the country.

The Ministry of Transportation estimates that Indonesia will have 115.8 million air travelers in 2017.

"By looking at the current market potential, we are optimistic that the total number of passengers that can be transported on Sriwijaya and Nam Air will reach 15 million this year," Toto Nursatyo, commercial director at Sriwijaya Air, said on Monday (18/03).

Sriwijaya Air is competing with Lion Mentari Airlines, the operator of Indonesia's largest budget airline, Lion Air, for a dominant stake in the market. Wings Air, a subsidiary of Lion that operates turboprop aircraft on short-haul routes, is Nam Air's main competitor.

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