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Snap Mandala Regional Market

SURABAYA, KOMPAS.com - After bagging flight safety certificate from the IATA Operational Safety Audit and the International Air Transport Association, the national airline Arlines Mandala Airlines is beginning to target the regional route Surabaya-Singapore.

"Surabaya-Singapore route is very potential. In fact, all major cities in Indonesia likely to become a regional aviation routes," said Head of Corporate Communication KD Mandala when Trisia Megawati confirmed, Saturday (20/3/2010).

He said, opening plan Surabaya-Singapore route, as currently the route is recorded as the world's fattest route. In addition, the number of international airlines that make Singapore as a transit.

The plan, it will fly to Singapore route using Airbus A320 aircraft with 180 seating capacity. "Hopefully, if there is no constraint route Surabaya-Singapore route soon initiated as a mainstay, especially the level of foreign tourists of Singapore to Surabaya is quite high," he said .

Post-receive certificates IATA Operational Safety Audit (IOSA) of the International Air Transport Association (IATA), Mandala Airlines will now also target some regional routes, such as Thailand, Malaysia, Philippines, and Australia, which also includes pockets of foreign tourists.