Jakarta Globe, Arientha Primanita, Jun 04, 2015
Jakarta.
Dubai-based airline Emirates officially launched a daily flight from Dubai in
the United Arab Emirates to Indonesia’s most prominent tourism destination,
Bali, with an inaugural flight on Wednesday, the airline said in a statement on
Thursday.
The flight
marked the commencement of Emirates’ non-stop daily flight to Bali, its second
destination in Indonesia after Jakarta, the airline said.
The EK 398
flight arrived in Bali at 9:40 p.m local time carrying Emirates’ top officials,
journalists and passengers from 40 different cities from around the world,
including Moscow, Frankfurt, Amsterdam and New York.
Emirates
will use Boeing 777-300ER airplanes for the fleet serving the Dubai-Bali route.
Barry
Brown, divisional senior vice president of commercial operations East at
Emirates, said Bali is a main tourism destination and an important market for
Emirates as there was high interest in the island.
“We are
pleased to now be able to serve this demand and contribute to the island’s economic
and tourism growth.
“We also
look forward to connecting passengers from Bali to Dubali and onward to more
than 80 destinations in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and the Americas
through one convenient stop at our world-class hub,” Brown said in the
statement.
I Gde
Pitana, resources development head at the Ministry of Tourism, welcomed the new
route saying it would boost tourism in Bali — which recorded 3.7 million
foreign visitors last year.
“The island
continues to attract tourists from around the world, and a direct route to and
from Dubai with Emirates will help to increase access to other parts of the
world, bringing new opportunities for travellers and businesses alike,” he
said.
Bali is
Emirate’s 146th global destination, adding to the airline’s routes in the Asia
Pacific region which currently serves 18 destinations in 11 countries in Asia.
The airline
also provides Emirates SkyCargo service which offers 294 tons of cargo per week
from Dubai to Bali and vice versa.
The cargo
that could be carried from Bali included marine products such as tuna,
household goods, leather goods and handicrafts which mainly will be delivered
to European countries. Moreover, the airline said there are also household
goods, pharmaceuticals and automotive parts will also be imported not only to
Bali but to other cities in Indonesia like Surabaya and Balikpapan.
Emirates
first included Jakarta in their international route in 1992 through Singapore
and Colombo. By March 2013, the airline began operating a daily three non-stop
flights a week from Jakarta to Dubai.
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