Darwin (ANTARA News)- The focus of Merpati Nusantara Airlines (MNA)`s development continues to be serving the domestic market and therefore it has concluded cooperation agreements with a number of regional governments, a spokesman said.
Husnul Mulia, MNA`s district manager in Darwin, Australia, told Antara here on Saturday evening that this kind of flight services cooperation had been entered into with the Merauke district administration (Papua). Under the cooperation, MNA would open a Merauke-Jakarta vice-versa flight service every day.
"One such agreement that is already being implemented is with the Merauke district government. Reports even said two aircraft will be used to ply the Merauke-Jakarta route due to the increasing number of passengers," Husnul said shortly before boarding a flight to return to the MNA head office in Jakarta.
Husnul who had lived in Darwin for over four years explained about MNA`s policy that decided to temporarily close its office in Darwin since last May 15, 2007.
MNA opened its overseas operation office in Darwin in 1986, he said, adding that although the company`s representative office in Darwin had been closed temporarily, MNA would maintain its Darwin-Kupang flight service.
"We continue operating with our flight licence, although our overseas representative office has been temporarily closed since May 15 pending the arrival of new Boeing 737-300 type and another 737-400 type aircraft because Merpati wants to focus on domestic flight services," he said.
According to him, Merpati-Airnorth (Australia`s) airlines, plying Darwin-Kupang route would continue to operate.
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