JAKARTA (JP): Publicly listed charter airline PT Indonesia Air Transport (IATA) is seeking to team up with newcomer Eagle Air to provide flights to remote areas across the country, a company executive says.
IATA newly appointed president director Hartono Tanoesoedibjo said Monday the cooperation was part of IATA's expansion efforts to provide flights in areas not currently served by regular airlines.
"In the future, we will not only serve charter flights. We will expand our business to provide regular flights, as well, by becoming feeders to regular flights that will connect main cities with remote areas," he said.
Eagle Air, which just recently obtained an operation permit from the ministry of transportation, would provide regular flights to big cities while IATA would provide smaller airplanes to transport Eagle Air passengers to remote cities, said Hartono.
The airlines will initially serve areas mostly in eastern Indonesia, including Bali, Lombok, Sulawesi and Kalimantan.
Hartono said the airlines planned to start the operation in the first quarter of this year. (tin)
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