Citilink Increase Frequency

Competition cheap fare flights (low cost carrier) tighter in crowded air routes, aviation services company sued improve service innovation, comfort, and safety as well as offering a cheaper fare.

Director of Strategy and IT PT Garuda Indonesia (Persero) Elisa Lumbantoruan in Jakarta, Thursday (11 / 3), said, Citilink a Garuda Indonesia flight service to the concept of low fare airlines (low cost carrier / LCC) in 2010 is ready to operate eight additional fleet. This step is to increase flight frequency on the crowded path with considerable growth.

"Operating a fleet of eight to support the opening of international routes to Jakarta, Medan and the addition of the frequency of Jakarta-Surabaya flight path. We open a new flight route Jakarta-Medan-Jakarta from March 15, 2010 with a frequency of twice-daily flights, "said Elisa.

The new route, said Elisa, applied to meet the needs of the community who will be traveling with a suitable flight schedules, especially for business people, people who visited the family, and the tourists.

"The opening of this route, in particular, meet the air transportation needs of the public who wish to travel with the efficient and comfortable at the same time," he said.

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Low Cost Carrier

PT Citilink Indonesia 5 percent of the aviation market targeting low cost carrier (LCC). Total low-cost passenger growth this year is estimated as many as 17 percent.

As stated by the Director of Strategy and IT Garuda Indonesia, Elisa Lumbantoruan in PersdaNetwork his press statement received here on Monday (15/3/2010).

He mentioned, growth in aviation in total for both LCC and premium class this year is 10 percent. In 2009 the total number of passengers was 43.7 million, so the growth is estimated to 49 million.

LCC passenger market share between 60-70 percent Elisa clear so the estimated number around 30-31 million of the total airline passengers. "We are targeting the LCC market as much as 5 percent. Citilink currently being developed to become the airline with low budgetary targets that exist in Indonesia," said Elisa.

The plan, which will be made to these targets is to open a route from Jakarta to Medan on March 15 and begin next May will open up another route that is Jakarta-Pekanbaru, Jakarta-Padang, Jakarta-Pontianak and Jakarta-Makassar. This plan became a target implementation Citilink base in Jakarta.

Previous Base Citilink only in Surabaya. Citilink operates four units of three Boeing 737-300 aircraft and one Boeing 737-400.

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Citilink Need 40 pilot, will you?

Citilink, a business unit of Garuda Indonesia, requiring at least 40 new pilots to operate four additional aircraft unit until the end of this year.
    
There are currently 59 cadet pilots are prepared to support additional aircraft fleet plan Citilink, said Director of Strategy and IT Service Garuda Indonesia, Elisa Lumbantoruan in Medan on Tuesday (16/3/2010).
    
Elisa said the pilot effort in this low-cost airline, is now only enough to operate the existing four aircraft, three Boeing 737-300 and one Boeing 737-400.
     
"Therefore, to operate four additional aircraft in line with the expansion of flight routes, then this year Citilink still need 20 pilots and 20 co-pilot again," he said.
    
He estimated that demand for airline pilot labor-based cost (low cost carrier / LCC) such as Citilink, will continue to rise given the LCC market in Indonesia is growing rapidly.
    
Last year alone, according to Elisa, from a total of 43 million domestic passenger air transport for about 70 percent using low-cost airline. LCC market share is expected to continue to rise because of growth per year, reaching 17-20 per cent while the premium market grew only three to five percent per year, he said.

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Citilink Open Jakarta-Denpasar route

Citilink, unit bisnis strategis (SBU) PT Garuda Indonesia mulai merealisasikan rencana ekspansi rute barunya. Pada 4 Juni 2010, maskapai tersebut akan membuka rute Jakarta-Denpasar menggunakan Boeing 737-300 yang dihibahkan induk usahanya.
Kami targetkan load factor-nya bisa mencapai 80 persen setiap kali penerbangan.
-- Elisa

Menurut Direktur Strategi dan Teknologi Informasi Garuda Indonesia, Elisa Lumbantoruan, Citilink memilih membuka penerbangan ke Denpasar karena rute tersebut padat penumpang. "Kami targetkan load factor-nya bisa mencapai 80 persen setiap kali penerbangan," kata Elisa, di Jakarta, Rabu (2/6/2010).

Ia memastikan penerbangan Jakarta-Denpasar tidak hanya dibuka untuk mengantisipasi peak season liburan sekolah. Namun, Citilink akan menerbangi rute tersebut secara reguler. "Kami juga sudah berkoordinasi dengan Kementerian Perhubungan," kata Elisa.

Sebelumnya Asisten Direktur Niaga Garuda Indonesia, Joseph Saul menjelaskan, tahun ini Garuda akan menghibahkan delapan unit Boeing seri klasik untuk digunakan Citilink. Terdiri dari tiga unit 737-400 dan lima unit 737-300.

Citilink akan memanfaatkan tambahan pesawat itu untuk mengembangkan empat rute baru. Selain Jakarta-Denpasar, Citilink juga akan membuka rute Jakarta-Pekanbaru, Jakarta-Padang, dan Jakarta-Balikpapan.

Saat ini, Citilink sudah melayani enam rute domestik. Yaitu Surabaya-Jakarta, Surabaya-Banjarmasin, Surabaya-Balikpapan, Surabaya-Ujungpandang, Surabaya-Batam, dan Jakarta-Medan.

Maskapai yang menargetkan 1,2 juta penumpang pada 2010 ini menggunakan lima pesawat jenis Boeing 737-300 dan 737-400 dimana tiga diantaranya merupakan pesawat sewa dan dua sisanya diberikan Garuda Indonesia.

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Citilink Open Jakarta-Denpasar route

Citilink, a strategic business unit (SBU) of Garuda Indonesia began to realize the planned expansion of new routes. On June 4, 2010, the airline will open Jakarta-Denpasar route using Boeing 737-300 which granted the parent business.
We are targeting its load factor could reach 80 percent of each flight.
- Elisa

According to Director of Strategy and Information Technology Garuda Indonesia, Elisa Lumbantoruan, Citilink choose to open flights to Denpasar for the solid route passengers. "We are targeting its load factor could reach 80 percent of each flight," said Elisa, in Jakarta, Wednesday (02/06/2010).

He Jakarta-Denpasar flight ensure not only opened to anticipate the peak season school holidays. However, Citilink will fly this route regularly. "We also have coordinated with the Ministry of Transportation," said Elisa.

Previously Assistant Director Commercial of Garuda Indonesia, Joseph Saul explains, this year, Garuda would grant a classic series of eight Boeing for use Citilink. Consisting of three units of five units 737-400 and 737-300.

Citilink will leverage an additional four aircraft to develop new routes. In addition to Jakarta-Denpasar, Citilink will also open a route from Jakarta to Pekanbaru, Jakarta, Padang and Jakarta-Balikpapan.

Currently, Citilink already serves six domestic routes. Namely Surabaya-Jakarta, Surabaya, Banjarmasin, Surabaya, Balikpapan, Surabaya, Ujung Pandang, Surabaya, Batam and Jakarta-Medan.

The airline is targeting 1.2 million passengers in 2010 using five aircraft types Boeing 737-300 and 737-400 aircraft in which three of them were leased and two were given Garuda Indonesia.

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Competing seize Travel Market

Citilink, a subsidiary of Garuda Indonesia, officially opened the inaugural flight between Denpasar and Singapore starting June 4, 2010.
Target passengers is estimated at 80 percent. Moreover, we also partner with local companies to attract passengers

The inaugural flight was greeted enthusiastically at the same time that aimed to target the world's favorite tourist destination market with huge potential.

Vice President Citilink, Karen Items in a press conference in Denpasar, Bali, on Friday (06/04/2010), said, "Competition is getting tougher aviation business. However, the strategy that we implement also needs to be balanced with an adequate supply of pilots. "

Until now Citilink has five planes. It is expected this year will increase to eight aircraft so that routes can potentially be added flight frequencies.

"Targeting of passengers is estimated at 80 percent. Moreover, we also partner with local companies to solicit passengers. Problem rates, but we will manage the price disparity between Citilink and Garuda, "says Karen.

Mahendra, Director of PT Cipta Prima International, said, as local partners, it plays sort of representation so that Citilink Citilink in Bali can be an alternative flight.

The number of foreign tourists coming to Bali, from January to April 2010, as many as 745,075 people, up 10.16 percent compared to the same period in 2009 as many as 676 336 people. Flights to Bali using a Boeing 737-300.

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