Batik Air, Group Strategy Director, Chandran Rama Muthy, at the CAPA Asia Aviation Summit 2023
Batik Air, Group Strategy Director, Chandran Rama Muthy, spoke to CAPA TV at the CAPA Australia Pacific Aviation Summit 2023 in Brisbane about latest industry trends and company developments.
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Transcript
Chandran Rama Muthy:In 2022 May, we had 5 aircraft in operations. End of this year, for the narrowbody MAX and this Boeing 737NGE, we will have about 28 aircraft in operations. On top of that, we've just taken delivery of 2 Airbus A330, and we're adding 4 more Airbus A330 into the network. That brings about 6 aircraft altogether. The A330's operations are mainly to Kuala Lumpur to Jeddah, and we have just started for sale the Istanbul route, Kuala Lumpur to Sabiha Gökçen Airport. That will be from February 9th, 4 times a week. And we have also weekly flights to Tashkent from December. And next year we're looking for more long-haul routes to utilize the Airbus A330 aircraft. We also have added a Kuala Lumpur-Melbourne direct flight from December. That will be a seasonal schedule for the peak season operation.
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