Sriwijaya Air Shutter 10 Percent Growth in Passengers

PT Sriwijaya Air airline strives to continue to develop its business . In addition to adding a new fleet , Sriwijaya will also maximize the expansion of new routes and existing routes.

Agus Senior Manager Corporate Communications Soedjono Sriwijaya Air said that since 2013, the company has ordered a fleet of 10 new Boeing 737 - 800NG . It's just that he was not sure when the plane was sent . " We continue to increase the number of passengers , one of them with the addition of this new fleet , " he said , Monday ( 14/04/2014 ) .

This year there will be Sriwijaya targeting growth in the number of passengers by about 10 percent compared to the year 2013 yesterday which reached nearly 9.5 million passengers . An increasing number of passengers is expected to be contributed by the arrival of the new aircraft .

In addition to relying on fleet size , Sriwijaya is also glancing new route to be flown . Particularly in the eastern parts of Indonesia such as Timika , Merauke , Papua . " This year there will be a new destination to Denpasar - Kupang - Maumere and vice versa , " he said . These routes will be flown by a subsidiary of the NAM Sriwijaya Air .

In addition to adding a route, Sriwijaya is also maximizing the potential of an existing route . As with the addition of flights to Jakarta - intensity Merauke transit in Makassar . Agus said Jakarta to Merauke has a sizeable interest .

"One of these is the intensity of the reduced flights to Pekanbaru , because during low seasons it cost to get there is decreased so that the intensity is reduced to a great season , " he said .

Until the end of 2013 , Sriwijaya Air has a fleet of 36 aircraft , comprising 15 Boeing 737-500 , 12 Boeing 737-300 , and 737-800 NG fleet of as many as four . Sriwijaya have routes to 39 cities and 2 regional.