Sriwijaya Air

Sriwijaya Air plans to open new route Gorontalo - Manado and Manado - Davao (Philippine). The new routes will be flown in 30 November 2006. Daniel S.Kurniawan, Vice Commercial Director Sriwijaya Air said beside Manado, Sriwijaya is planning to fly regional route, Medan - Penang, Surabaya - Singapore and Bandung - Palembang - Batam - Singapore. With introducing the Manado flight, Sriwijaya currently flies to 28 domestic cities and 3 regional cities. Prior to the new destination, Sriwijaya flies to Lampung, Pangkal Pinang, Tanjung Pandan, Palembang, Bengkulu, Jambi, Padang, Pekanbaru,Medan, Banda Aceh, Batam, Semarang, Solo, Malang, Surabaya, Denpasar, Kupang, Pontianak, Palangkaraya, Banjarmasin, Balikpapan, Ujung Pandang and Gorontalo. 

Sriwijaya Air inaugurated its first city check-in counter in Gambir Expo Kemayoran, Jakarta . The inauguration marked also as the ticketing counter in the city. Irwansyah, District Manager Sriwijaya Air Jakarta said, the facility help shorten the process of boarding. "Passengers will be able to choose their own seats and print-out their own boarding pass." (ai)