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Tue, 07/24/2012 - 10:28
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Garuda To Serve Balikpapan-Singapore Route

Balikpapan, July 24 (ANTARA) - The country`s flag carrier Garuda Indonesia will increase flights from this East Kalimantan city to Singapore starting Friday . "There will be four flights a week - Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday," chief of the Balikpapan branch office of the state airline Setya Budhi said. Last year Garuda had only one flight from Balikapan to Singapore. The flights between Balikpapan and Singapore are to support implementaiton of the program of accelerating economic development in eastern Indonesia, Budi said here on Tuesday. The route in the country will begin from or end in Makassar in South Sulawesi, he said. He said Garuda Indonesia will also increase flight frequency between Balikpapan and Jakarta starting November. Starting Friday , Garuda will fly 13 times from Balikpapan to various destinations everyday , up from only 8 times including 7 flights to Jakarta and one to Singapore last year.

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