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56677
Tue, 04/21/2009 - 16:47
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LION AIR NOW FLIES BOEING 737-300 TO TERNATE
Ternate, Indonesia, April 21 (ANTARA) - Indonesia's airline company Lion Air starting today, April 21, flies a Boeing 737-300 to Ternate, North Maluku, to promote air transport service to the local population.
"The Boeing 737-300 is serving the Ternate-Manado route every day," Mohdar Assagaf of PT Almas Mega Travel (which takes care of Lion Air ticket sales in North Maluku) said in Ternate Tuesday.
With enough room for 149 passengers, the plane left Manado's Sam Ratulangi airport at 10 a.m local time, and from Ternate's Babullah Airport at noon local time.
He said with the operation of the Boeing 737-300, the Dash 8-300 planes of Wings Air (Lion Air group) which had been flying Lion air passengers from Ternate to Manado and vice versa, stopped flying.
While Lion Air is now flying Boeing 737-300 aircraft over the Ternate-Manado route, it did not change its previous airfares ranging from Rp500,000 to slightly more.
In the meantime, a number of Ternate citizens who often flew by Lion Air, warmly hailed the operation of Boeing 737-300s, as it means more flying comfort.
"Lion Air had been flying Dash 8-300 planes over the route. Sorry to say, but Dash planes are propeller planes, and very small, Ade, Ternate citizen, said.
Other airline companies like Expres Air, Merpati and Batavia Air, which are also flying to and from Ternate, had already long been flying Boeings for pioneer flights in North Maluku, while Merpati is still using small planes.
The national airline companies had started considering North Maluku as a potential area for air transportation. Garuda and Sriwijaya Air are also planning to start flying to and from Ternate.
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"The Boeing 737-300 is serving the Ternate-Manado route every day," Mohdar Assagaf of PT Almas Mega Travel (which takes care of Lion Air ticket sales in North Maluku) said in Ternate Tuesday.
With enough room for 149 passengers, the plane left Manado's Sam Ratulangi airport at 10 a.m local time, and from Ternate's Babullah Airport at noon local time.
He said with the operation of the Boeing 737-300, the Dash 8-300 planes of Wings Air (Lion Air group) which had been flying Lion air passengers from Ternate to Manado and vice versa, stopped flying.
While Lion Air is now flying Boeing 737-300 aircraft over the Ternate-Manado route, it did not change its previous airfares ranging from Rp500,000 to slightly more.
In the meantime, a number of Ternate citizens who often flew by Lion Air, warmly hailed the operation of Boeing 737-300s, as it means more flying comfort.
"Lion Air had been flying Dash 8-300 planes over the route. Sorry to say, but Dash planes are propeller planes, and very small, Ade, Ternate citizen, said.
Other airline companies like Expres Air, Merpati and Batavia Air, which are also flying to and from Ternate, had already long been flying Boeings for pioneer flights in North Maluku, while Merpati is still using small planes.
The national airline companies had started considering North Maluku as a potential area for air transportation. Garuda and Sriwijaya Air are also planning to start flying to and from Ternate.
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