Antara News, Sunday, November 7, 2010 23:57 WIB
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (ANTARA News) - Garuda Indonesia resumed its Kuala Lumpur-Jakarta flights now that Mt Merapi`s volcanic ash stopped coveringSoekarno-Hatta International Airport, Oemar said here Sunday.
"In the morning, we received 10 passengers who had been transferred to other airlines, but in the noon, all the people flying to Jakarta are Garuda Airline passengers," the spokesman for Garuda said here Sunday.
The Kuala Lumpur International Airport was reported in a normal condition without too many passengers but the number of Garuda passengers for Jakarta was big enough.
The spokesman said there were two flights from Kuala Lumpur to Jakarta every day.
More than 50 percent of seats was occupied for Jakarta and 133 passengers were leaving for Jakarta at 12.55 pm.
Some said they were afraid to fly to Jakarta since the flight cancellations to Indonesia,especially Jakarta, Bandung, Yogyakarta and Bali.
Pricilla(24), Garuda customer, said she was happy with the resumption of the flights to Jakarta, so she could do her activity as usual.
"I was afraid of not going to Jakarta, but finally the flight has been resumed because the Soekarno-Hatta Airport has become safe for landing," she said.
Beforehand, all flights from Malaysia to Jakarta were canceled on Saturday because of Mt Merapi`s volcanic ash had made it dangerous to land.
More over, Air Asia has also resumed its flights from Kuala Lumpur to Jakarta considering that Soekarno-Hatta airport has been safe for flights.
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