Here’s our weekly roundup of new air routes and codeshare partnerships
Garuda Indonesia, Singapore Airlines get approval for commercial joint venture
Garuda Indonesia and Singapore Airlines (SIA) have received the Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore’s approval for their commercial joint venture agreement.
With this approval, the airlines will be able to deepen their strategic partnership on a wider range of commercial activities that will bring greater benefits to both airlines, as well as Indonesia and Singapore.
These potentially include operating joint revenue sharing flights between the two countries, coordinating flight schedules, and exploring joint sales and marketing initiatives.
The airlines today codeshare on a wide range of flights, including between Singapore and Indonesian cities of Bali, Jakarta, Medan, and Surabaya, as well as on longhaul routes between Singapore and Johannesburg, London (Heathrow), and Mumbai.
AirAsia flies to Labuan Bajo
AirAsia has introduced direct flights to Labuan Bajo, Indonesia from Malaysia.
This new service operates three weekly flights to Labuan Bajo from Kuala Lumpur, adding to AirAsia’s current 13 routes in Indonesia from Kuala Lumpur to Kertajati, Banda Aceh, Jakarta, Bali (Denpasar), Medan, Padang, Pekanbaru, Makassar, Yogyakarta, Surabaya and Balikpapan; as well as from Penang to Jakarta and Medan.
Meanwhile, AirAsia Indonesia flies to 11 routes in Malaysia from Jakarta to Kuala Lumpur, Penang, Johor Bahru, Kota Kinabalu and Kuching; Bali to Kuala Lumpur and Kota Kinabalu; Medan to Kuala Lumpur and Penang; Lombok to Kuala Lumpur; as well as from Surabaya to Johor Bahru.
China Southern Airlines, Malaysia Airlines expand codeshare flights
China Southern Airlines and Malaysia Airlines are expanding their codeshare flights to include Guangzhou-Penang, Kuala Lumpur-Beijing Daxing and Kuala Lumpur-Shanghai Pudong routes from July 10.
China Southern Airlines aims to increase its capacity in the Malaysian market to 73 flights per week to meet the various travel demands.
Meanwhile, Malaysia Airlines currently operates 54 weekly flights to China, covering Guangzhou, Shanghai Pudong, Beijing Daxing and Xiamen.
