Pontianak, W Kalimantan (ANTARA News) - Domestic airline company, Mandala Airlines, has set itself a target to fly eight to nine million passengers in 2009, or an increase of 80 percent if compared with its target in 2008, a Mandala Airlines executive said.
"The increase in the target is in line with the company`s plan to increase the number of its airplanes," Mandala Airlines chief executive officer Warwick Brady said here on Sunday.
He said that Mandala now had 16 airplanes and in 2009 the company had panned to increase it to 20.
Mandal`s fleet at present consisted of five Airbus A320s, four Airbus A319s and the remaining ones were Boeing aircraft.
The airlines has ordered 30 Airbuses to reinforce its fleet and flight services in Indonesia. It was worth US$1.8 bilion. Later this month, or early in November, one Boeing A320 is expected to arrive to strengthen its fleet.
Warwick said that the new airliners would be used to serve new flight routes. "I cannot disclose the new routes yet which would be served by Mandala," he added.
He said that Mandala gave a priority to A320 planes because they had bigger transportation capacity than A319s. It carried up to 180 passengers while A319s could only fly 144 passengers.
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