Hunnu Air resumes scheduled flight to Shanghai-Pudong on 25 June 2014

Report by : Gan Yung Chyan
                / KUCINTA SETIA
Distributed to All Press & Travel Professionals

Hunnu Air, Mongolia's largest private airline, is resuming scheduled flights to Shanghai-Pudong on 25 June 2014, a postponement from 7 June as previously reported in one of our updates on Hunnu Air's new summer flights.

On 25 June 2014, Hunnu Air flight MR835 departs from Ulaanbaatar for Shanghai-Pudong at 2.30 pm, arriving in Pudong at 6 pm before taking off from Pudong at 7.30 pm, touching down in Ulaanbaatar at 11 pm on Wednesdays and Saturdays. Flights are operated by Hunnu Air's Airbus A319 aircraft

Hunnu Air launches flights to Paris from Ulaanbaatar via Perm on 9 June 2014 using Airbus A319 aircraft.

Hunnu Air is one of the airline exhibitors of ITE & MICE 2014.

Garuda Indonesia opens 5 new routes to meet summer travel demand

Report by : Gan Yung Chyan
                 / KUCINTA SETIA
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Since its entry into the worldwide airline alliance Skyteam in March 2014, Garuda Indonesia has opened several domestic and international routes.

On 1 May 2014, Garuda Indonesia launched daily domestic flights linking Banyuwangi with Surabaya and Denpasar. On the same day, it launched international flights from Makassar to Jeddah via Medan - Kualanamu after successfully launching Surabaya's first direct Middle East flight to Jeddah in April 2014.

On 1 June 2014, Garuda Indonesia launches a new domestic daily flight from Surabaya to Jember. Effective 15 June 2014, it operates direct scheduled flights to Tokyo-Haneda from Jakarta on a daily basis.

On 8 September 2014, Garuda Indonesia will fly to London from Jakarta via Amsterdam five times a week. Garuda's direct flights to Amsterdam from Jakarta begin on 30 May 2014.

To celebrate the new flights and promote Indonesia, Garuda Indonesia distributed brochures under the Indonesian tourism pavilion at ITE & MICE 2014 which took place in Hong Kong from 12 to 15 June this year and will exhibit later at ITB Asia 2014 which will held in Singapore in October 2014. 

Indonesia airport international departure taxes increase from 1 April 2014

Report by : Gan Yung Chyan
                 / KUCINTA SETIA
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Most Indonesia airport international departure taxes have increased since 1 April 2014. For example, individual travellers have to pay Rp200,000 per person to depart from Denpasar, Balikpapan and Jakarta. Passengers leaving Makassar and Lombok now have to pay Rp150,000 per person.

Domestic departure taxes which have also increased are now incorporated in the air ticket prices of Garuda Indonesia only but not in air ticket prices of other Indonesian airlines.