THY Secures Traffic Rights between Singapore and Jakarta

Turkish Airlines (THY) began accepting passengers for the Singapore- Jakarta leg of its daily Istanbul – Singapore – Jakarta route this week after receiving fifth freedom traffic rights. The route between Singapore and Jakarta is one of the most fiercely battled links in the world, with 12 carriers already offering scheduled air services between the destinations.

Approximately 2.7 million O&D passengers travelled between the two in the past year. Flag carriers Singapore Airlines and Garuda Indonesia dominate the market with a 25 per cent and 20 per cent share of the traffic, respectively, but Indonesia AirAsia, Lion Air and Valuair also fly a sizeable chunk of this traffic. The other carriers serving the route comprise Batavia Air, Cathay Pacific Airways, JetStar Airways, Lufthansa, Philippine Airlines Saudi Arabian Airlines and Tiger Airways.

Schedule:

TK066 IST2325 – 1530+1SIN1645+1 – 1725+1CGK 330 D
TK067 CGK1915 – 2200SIN2310 – 0615+1IST 330 D

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NOTE: Schedule data extracted from Flightbase for week commencing April 14, 2011; Traffic data extracted from IATA BSP system for the year ending January 2011.