Citilink Targetkan 100 Rute Baru Hingga Akhir 2013

Citilink Targets 100 New Routes Until End of 2013

Reporter : Gatot Priyantono
Editor : Cahyani Harzi
Translator : Dhelia Gani


Citilink Targetkan 100 Rute Baru Hingga Akhir 2013
Maskapai penerbangan Citilink (Foto: solopos.com)

CITILINK mengincar 100 rute baru sepanjang 2013, Saat ini jumlah penerbangan Citilink mencapai 134 penerbangan.

Vice President Sales & Distribution PT Citilink Indonesia Agus Irianto mengatakan sampai April sudah membuka 11 baru dan beberapa di antaranya untuk memperkuat rute yang sudah dimiliki maskapai tersebut.

“Rute baru Citilink di antaranya rute Malang-Jakarta yang terbang perdana pada 28 April. Slot time dari Kementerian Perhubungan dan Lanud Abdulrahman Saleh sudah terbit,” katanya kepada pers, Kamis (18/4).

Rute lainnya, yakni Jakarta - Semarang, Yogya - Balikpapan, Solo - Balikpapan, Jakarta - Jambi, Jakarta - Palembang, Jakarta - Bengkulu, Jakarta - Pangkal  Pinang, Jakarta - Tanjung Pandan, Jakarta - Ujung Pandang dan Ujung Pandang - Ambon.

Pembukaan rute baru akan didukung pesawat baru. Sampai akhir 2013, Citilink akan menambah pesawatnya menjadi 35 unit terdiri atas Airbus 320 dan Boeing 737-300.

CITILINK Indonesia targeted 100 new routes throughout 2013, as the airline currently has 134 flights.
 
Citilink Vice President of Sales & Distribution Agus Irianto said the airline until April has already opened 11 new routes. Some of them to reinforce the already owned the airline.

"These include new route Malang-Jakarta which first flew on 28 April. Time slot of the Transportation Ministry and Abdulrahman Saleh Air Base was published," he said to the press, Thursday (4/18).

While other routes, Jakarta - Semarang, Yogyakarta - Balikpapan, Solo - Balikpapan, Jakarta - Jambi, Jakarta - Palembang, Jakarta - Bengkulu, Jakarta - Pangkal Pinang, Jakarta - Tanjung Pandan, Jakarta - Ujung Pandang and Makassar-Ambon.

The opening of the new route will also be supported new aircraft. Until the end of 2013, Citilink will add aircraft to 35 units consisting of Airbus 320 and Boeing 737-300.