Mandala Airlines continues its expansion from Surabaya
Mandala Airlines’ Surabaya to Jakarta
- Mandala Airlines, the Indonesian low-cost carrier,which resumed its services last April, continues its expansion in the country’s second-largest city Surabaya (SUB) with three new routes, in addition to the Denpasar flights launched earlier in December. Last week the carrier commenced services to Jakarta (CGK), Kuala Lumpur (KUL) and Singapore (SIN) and now offers seven weekly frequencies on each route facing substantial competition from numerous airlines already operating in those markets.
Launch date | Origin | Destination | WF* | Competition |
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04-Jan-13 | Surabaya (SUB) | Jakarta (CGK) | 7 | Lion Airlines (133)
Garuda Indonesia (105) Citilink (49) Sriwijaya Air (28) Indonesia AirAsia (21) Batavia Air (16) Merpati Nusantara Airlines (7) |
05-Jan-13 | Kuala Lumpur (KUL) | 7 | Indonesia AirAsia (28)
AirAsia (14) Merpati Nusantara Airlines (7) |
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06-Jan-13 | Singapore (SIN) | 7 | Silkair (14)
China Airlines (7) Lion Airlines (7) Valuair (6) |
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Source: Innovata w/c 14 January 2013 *WF: Weekly Frequencies at launch |
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