Indonesia

TransNusa will launch a new Bali-Perth flight on 20 Mar

PT Angkasa Pura Indonesia, which operates under the InJourney Airports brand, recorded 155.9 million passengers in 2024, +4% YoY, including 118.03 million on domestic routes and 37.9 million on international flights. The company recorded 1.16 million aircraft movements in 2024, -4% YoY. InJourney Airports said the aircraft passengers at its airports represent 90% of the total aircraft passengers in Indonesia. - The Soekarno-Hatta International Airport recorded 54.8 million passengers - I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport in Bali, 23.9 million - Juanda International Airport in Surabaya, East Java, 14 million - Sultan Hasanuddin International Airport in Makassar, South Sulawesi, 9.6 million - Kualanamu International Airport in North Sumatra, 7.1 million passengers The Tourism Ministry targets 1.08 billion domestic tourist trips and 14.6-16 million foreign tourists, contributing 4.6% to GDP, bringing $19-$22.1 billion USD in foreign exchange, and increasing employment to 25.8 million people

Jetstar Asia will launch direct flights between Singapore and Labuan Bajo from 20 Mar with two flights per week

Garuda Indonesia confirmed a potential merger with Pelita Air, a subsidiary of PT Pertamina. Garuda Indonesia Management said the discussion is in the initial stage

Garuda Indonesia will hand over to its subsidiary PT Garuda Maintenance Facility Aero Asia 3 hangars, annex buildings, and other supporting assets worth 418.28 billion IDR. Citilink's President Director said they are focusing on reviving 19 grounded aircraft. He said their target is to make all 56 aircraft serviceable by the end of the year. The airline has 75 routes and 49 destinations

AirAsia will launch the Denpasar-Darwin flight service from 22 Mar 2025 with three times weekly services

Terminal 1 of Soekarno-Hatta International Airport will serve as the low-cost carrier (LCC) airline as part of a restructuring plan. The airlines moved are Citilink, AirAsia Indonesia, Lion Air, and Super Air Jet. Terminal 2F will be restructured as an Umrah terminal, with rearrangement set to start at end-Jan. Currently, only Lion Air operates direct flights to Jeddah from Terminal 2F. Once the change is made, Saudi Airlines and Garuda Indonesia will also begin to operate flights to Jeddah from the terminal. Full-service airlines (FSC) will be moved to Terminal 3

The Government has selected Garuda Indonesia, Lion Air Group, and Saudia Airlines to transport the Hajj pilgrims in 2025. The Director General of Hajj and Umrah Organizers (PHU) announced this during a hearing meeting with the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR)

Garuda Indonesia is set to add 20 more aircraft in 2025, with 3 aircraft arriving in Jan and Feb 2025

The Ministry of Transportation reported 3,875,032 air pax from 18 Dec to 1 Jan, +10% YoY. Of these, 3,015,813 pax were domestic and 859,219 were international pax. Domestically, the top airports were Denpasar, Kualanamu and Surabaya, whilst internationally the top destinations were Singapore, Malaysia and Australia. The Ministry put the increase in pax overall down to the 10% discount on airfares. Garuda Indonesia Group reported a 24% increase in passenger numbers over the holiday period, carrying 38,992 pax on Garuda Indonesia and 38,560 on Citilink

Lion Air has been asked to assist with flights for the Haj season, the first time the airline has been used for Indonesian Haj flights. The airline will provide 10 aircraft, with 3 designated as backups

The Minister of State-Owned Enterprises aims to complete the merger of Garuda Indonesia, Pelita Air and Citilink in Q1 2025, although he did not note which entity will survive. He also announced that the government would restructure Terminal 2F of Soekarno-Hatta International Airport for umrah flights, scrapping the plan to create T4 as a departure point for umrah flights. This reorganisation is expected to boost the number of pax from 65 million to 110 million

The Minister of State-Owned Enterprises expects that the passenger numbers over the Eid holiday could be 5 times that of Christmas and New Year holidays, and that planning would need to start in Mar 2025

Pelita Air plans to add 6 Airbus wide-body aircraft and expand its fleet to 18 to meet the demand for Haj and Umrah pilgrims

Indonesia AirAsia prepares 180 extra flights for year-end holiday traffic focusing on domestic routes, including Jakarta-Bali, Jakarta-Silangit, and Banjarmasin-Bali. Indonesia AirAsia CEO said the number of passengers is expected to reach 550,000 people during the holiday season, +6% YoY, with 391,000 passengers from 19 Dec 2023-3 Jan 2024 through 2,500 flights. She said the top 3 domestic routes are Jakarta-Denpasar, Jakarta-Silangit Lake Toba, and Banjarmasin-Denpasar. Top international routes are Jakarta-Kuala Lumpur, Bali-Kuala Lumpur, Jakarta-Singapore, and Bali-Perth. She added the airline operated 25 aircraft during the Christmas and New Year holidays

Indonesia AirAsia will add 6 new domestic and international routes in 2025. The airline will add 5 aircraft to support this expansion, making the total operational aircraft to 30. The President Director of Indonesia AirAsia didn’t mention specific routes to be added. She said obtaining aircraft spare parts has been challenging since the pandemic. In Q3 2024, AirAsia operated 32 flight routes, including 8 domestic and 24 international routes with a total of of 399 flights per week

Super Air Jet (SAJ) launched a non-stop flight from Ternate to Jakarta on 3 Jan 2025

The Indonesian government is considering extending the 10% discount on domestic airfare beyond the Christmas 2024 and New Year 2025 period to the Eid al-Fitr holidays in Mar-Apr 2025. The Deputy Minister of State-Owned Enterprises said they will discuss this with Garuda Indonesia, Citilink, the Transportation Ministry, and other stakeholders. The Executive General Manager (EGM) of Halim Perdanakusuma Airport said the passengers, especially families, welcomed this price reduction policy

Indonesia AirAsia recorded 77.4% on-time performance (OTP) in Nov 2024 based on a report by Cirium Aviation Analytics. President Director of the airline said with this OTP score, the airline continued to be the most punctual airline in Southeast Asia in Nov 2024. The airline recorded 80.02% in Sep 2024 and 80.34% in Oct 2024

Commercial Aircraft Corp of China Ltd (Comac) is in talks with the new Garuda CEO as Garuda is looking to purchase 70 new aircraft. Garuda is also discussing this with Boeing and Airbus