JAKARTA - Pelita Air has officially opened a new Jakarta-Medan-Jakarta flight route in order to welcome the 2024 Christmas and 2025 New Year holidays.
Pelita Air President Director Dendy Kurniawan said the opening of the new route was carried out to accommodate increased community movement during the year-end holidays, in line with Pelita Air's commitment to help the government make Christmas and New Year's success
"The inauguration of Pelita Air flights to Medan is expected to be able to provide options for people, tourists and business people who want to visit and travel safely, comfortably and on time, from and to Medan," Dendy said in a statement in Jakarta, quoted by Antara, Sunday, December 15.
Furthermore, he revealed that through the opening of the Medan route, Pelita Air also supports the Government in developing local tourism, namely through increasing connectivity towards national leading tourism destinations.
According to him, Medan is one of the cities that offers superior tourist destinations, one of which is Lake Toba which is one of the Super Priority Tourism Destinations in Indonesia.
"With this new route, we want to take part in supporting the government to develop domestic tourism, of course through increasing air connectivity," said Dendy.
Not only for tourists and the tourism industry, with the opening of this new route, it is hoped that it will be able to expand opportunities for business people both in Medan and outside Medan to develop their business throughout Indonesia.
To support this, Dendy explained that the Jakarta-Medan flight is planned to take place twice a day.
Medan is one of the people's favorite destinations. Seeing this enthusiasm, we plan that Pelita Air can fly twice a day to Medan," added Dendy.
To support the flight route to Medan, Pelita Air has added its fleet by bringing in the 12th Airbus A320 aircraft in November 2024.
This new fleet is expected to be able to support increased community mobility during the Christmas and New Year holidays, especially for those who want to spend their vacation in Medan.
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He said the flight schedule for the Jakarta-Medan route departed at 06.10 WIB with an estimated arrival at 08.35 WIB; then departed at 17.30 WIB with an estimated arrival at 19.50 WIB. The flight service is carried out every day.
Meanwhile, for the opposite flight route, namely Medan-Jakarta departs at 09.20 WIB with an estimated arrival at 11.40 WIB; then departs at 20.35 WIB with an estimated arrival at 23.00 WIB.
Flights begin on December 20, 2024. Ticket purchases for the Jakarta-Medan-Jakarta route can be made through the Pelita Air mobile website and application.
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