INDONESIA’S national airline will offer increased access between Bali and Australia through its new route to Brisbane and greater frequencies for services to Melbourne.
Garuda Indonesia will up the number of flights linking Denpasar and Melbourne on April 1. Increasing existing flights by two a week, the carrier will run daily services between the two destinations. GA719 will depart Melbourne at 09.50 and arrive in Denpasar 13.00 local time. Flights are already open for booking.
Beginning August 1, Garuda will operate daily flights between Brisbane and Denpasar on a Boeing 737-800 Next Generation with 162 seats. Travellers can also transfer to connecting flights to reach Jakarta from Bali.
Last year, the airline revealed plans to launch flights from Jakarta to Brisbane, London and Auckland (TTG Asia e-Daily, November 12, 2012).
Garuda had also begun daily flights between Perth and Jakarta and sealed a codeshare agreement with Etihad Airways (TTG Asia e-Daily, October 22, 2012).
