Good News From Batik Air, This Airline Owned By The Rusdi Kirana Conglomerate Opens The Denpasar-Australia International Route

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JAKARTA - Airlines from the Lion Air Group owned by conglomerate Rusdi Kirana, Batik Air has started international scheduled passenger flights from Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia via I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport (DPS) to Australia.

The Batik Air flight to the Kangaroo country is the destination of Melbourne, the capital city of Victoria via Melbourne International Airport (MEL). Then go to Brisbane via Brisbane International Airport, State of Queensland (BNE).

Batik Air offers special one-way ticket fares from Bali to Melbourne and Melbourne to Bali starting from IDR 2,686,050. Meanwhile, the Denpasar to Brisbane route starts from IDR 2,695,850 and the Brisbane-Denpasar route starts from IDR 2,686,050.

The inauguration of the flight was carried out by the Governor of Bali, Wayan Koster; Head of Region IV Bali Airport Authority, Putu Eka Cahyadi; AU Commander of Ngurah Rai Air Force Base, Bali (Ngurah Rai Air Force Base), Colonel Pnb Putu Sucahyadi; The CEO of Batik Air, Capt. Mushafiz Bin Mustafa Bakri; General Manager of PT Angkasa Pura I International Airport Branch I Gusti Ngurah Rai, Handy Heryudhitiawan; Head of the Bali Provincial Tourism Office, Tjok Bagus Pemayun.

Then the General Manager of AirNav Indonesia Denpasar Branch, Riza Fahmi; Head of Customs and Excise Ngurah Rai, Mira Puspita Dewi; Area Manager of Lion Air Group Bali, Fajar Teguh Santoso; Lion Air Group Bali Station Manager, Daniel Putra Tirta Adi Nugraha; Liaison Officer of Batik Air Bali, Ayu Sri Handayani and the ranks of the Regional Leadership Coordination Forum (Forkopimda).

The availability of international flight services is expected to contribute to accelerating the mobilization of people, supporting economic activities between countries such as trade, logistics flows (exports and imports), tourism, education, strengthening bilateral relations between countries, as well as shortening the time to travel directly and connected or connected.

Batik Air expands connections to and from Bali to provide more flight options from the hub at I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport with a network that continues to grow. Services to and from Australia and Bali further support Batik Air's ongoing efforts to make Bali a transit hub in Indonesia.

For the public, tourists and business people from Indonesia who want to travel to Brisbane, they can transit at Ngurah Rai International Airport first. The choice of direct flights and connecting flights is fast and easy, there is a network with Lion Air Group, including from Lombok, Bima, Alor, Atambua, Bajawa, Ende, Labuan Bajo, Larantuka, Maumere, Ruteng, Rote, Tambolaka, Waingapu, Lewoleba, Kupang, Makassar, Kendari, Palu, Manado, Banjarmasin, Balikpapan, Tarakan, Samarinda, Jakarta, Yogyakarta, Surabaya, Semarang, Bandung, Batam, Medan, Pontianak, Balikpapan, Banjarmasin and other cities.

"Batik Air has reintroduced international routes in Australia which will be operated in stages to Brisbane and Melbourne from Denpasar, Bali. Batik Air always prepares other international routes to support community, tourist and business activities," said Batik Air CEO Capt. Mushafiz bin Mustafa Bakri.

Brisbane, which is the capital city of Queensland, is a cosmopolitan center with a location close to family-friendly tourist destinations such as the Brisbane River, Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary, Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast, Gallery of Modern Art and various other interesting destinations or attractions.

Melbourne will be increasingly attractive for business, tourism and other sectors. Flights to Melbourne have received positive feedback since Batik Air started rolling out ticket sales. Furthermore, Batik Air will continue to explore and strengthen its connection to Australia.

"Along with efforts to provide comfort during air travel, Batik Air operates a modern generation aircraft type Boeing 737 in providing "full service airline" services to all domestic and international networks," concluded Capt. Mushafiz.