General Manager of national carrier PT Garuda Indonesia of Mataram branch Mochammad Yansuerio said that in the near future, Garuda Indonesia would open a direct flight serving Lombok–Guang Zhou, China.
“Lombok and Sumbawa are getting more popular both at the national level and at the international level. This has become our consideration to add frequency of flights in several routes, including by opening up Lombok – Guangzhou route,” Yansuerio said in Mataram on Friday.
“The flight is twice a week,” he added.
In addition to opening Lombok-Guangzhou route, Yansuerio Garuda Indonesia would also increase flights serving Lombok, including Lombok-Yogya and Lombok and Makassar from once week into twice a week.
“As for Lombok-Surabaya route and Lombok-Jakarta route whose occupancy reach 80-85 percent, we plan to increase the frequency of flights,” he added.