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BATIK AIR has again expanded its international flight connectivity to and from Malaysia. After opening the Aceh Besar-Penang round-trip route, now travelers can also enjoy the convenience of direct flights to Penang via Jakarta.
The flight route connecting Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Tangerang, Banten (CGK), with Penang International Airport, Penang Island, Malaysia (PEN), will be served from 17 December 2022.
Corporate Communications Strategic of Batik Air, Danang Mandala Prihantoro, said the Jakarta-Penang round-trip route is a new choice for tourists who will visit abroad. Penang can be used as a list of spectacular destination cities for business activities, year-end and early year holidays.
“Penang is the second destination city in Malaysia served from Jakarta after Kuala Lumpur,” said Danang, as quoted from his official statement, Wednesday (12/07).
Not only that, Danang added, the opening of the new route was also to support the tourism campaign launched by the government to attract foreign tourists (tourists).
“The opening of the Jakarta-Penang round-trip route was introduced in support of the Proud to Travel in Indonesia (BBWI) campaign, in order to attract and bring in foreign tourists to ‘explore’ Indonesia,” he added.
Flight Schedules for Batik Air Jakarta-Penang round-trip
Flights for the Jakarta-Penang round-trip route will be served by Boeing 737-800NG aircraft (12 business class and 156 economy class), or Airbus A320 (12 business class seats and 144 economy class seats). Batik Air provides regular flights with a frequency of seven times a week or once a day.
The Jakarta-Penang round-trip flight will be served by an airplane with flight number ID-7161 which is scheduled to depart from Soekarno-Hatta International Airport at 09.45 WIB, and is scheduled to arrive at Penang International Airport at 13.00 local time.
Meanwhile, the reverse flight is still served on the same day. The aircraft with flight number ID-7160 is scheduled to depart from Penang International Airport at 13.40 local time, and is scheduled to arrive at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport at 15.00 WIB.
In offering a memorable and enjoyable flying experience, each passenger gets food and drinks (inflight meals); free 20kg baggage for economy class and 30kg for business class; equipped with free entertainment, inflight entertainment on demand, as well as entertainment that can be accessed from mobile and tablet devices supported by Tripper.
Not only that, Batik Air also offers connecting flights from Bengkulu, Jambi, Palembang, Pangkalpinang, Tanjung Pandan-Belitung, Semarang, to Yogyakarta.
Then, Solo, Surabaya, Denpasar, Lombok, Labuan Bajo, Kupang, Pontianak, Palangkaraya, Banjarmasin, Balikpapan, Tarakan, Samarinda, Makassar, Palu, Kendari, Gorontalo, Ambon, Ternate, Manado, Sorong, to Jayapura. [sources/photo special]
