Citilink To Serve Bali-China Route Via Batam

Batam, Riau Islands, July 25 (Antara) - The low-cost carrier, Citilink Indonesia, will serve a new route connecting Bali and Chong Qing Hianbei, Sinchuan, China, via Batam, Riau Islands, starting July 26, 2014. "For the time being, the airline will use a chartered aircraft until September 2014. Every flight from Denpasar to China and vice versa will make a stopover in Batam," Dwi Djoko Wiwoho, a Batam Authority spokesman remarked here on Friday. Citilink flight QG-8802 will fly from Denpasar at 12:35 a.m. local time and will arrive at the Hang Nadim International Airport in Batam at 2:05 p.m. local time. It will depart at 2:35 p.m. local time from Batam and will arrive in Sinchuan at 8:25 p.m. local time. For the month of July, the flight is scheduled on 26 and 31; in August on 5, 9, 14, 19, 23, and 28; and in September, on 2, 6, 11, 16, 20, 25, and 30. "The flight will use the latest Airbus A320 owned by Garuda Indonesia`s subsidiary," Wiwoho noted.