AirAsia to Launch Singapore - Lombok and Singapore - Solo Flights

AirAsia is to launch direct flights between Singapore and Lombok as well as Solo in Indonesia.

With the additional routes, AirAsia will operates direct flights to 17 destinations from Singapore.

Chief Executive Officer AirAsia Indonesia, Sunu Widyatmoko, said, “We are thrilled to launch these routes to provide greater connectivity between Singapore and Indonesia. These routes opening are part of our long-term commitment to promote Indonesian tourism to the world. We hope these new routes will further contribute to the development of tourism and business activities among the three cities.”

Lombok, located near its much busier neighbour Bali, is an Indonesian island that is still relatively untouched by mass tourism and as such has maintained much of the charm that helped Bali grow into one of the world's favourite holiday destinations.

Solo, also known as Surakarta, is a culturally vibrant city in Central Java and the birthplace of the current president of Indonesia, Joko Widodo. The city is also a popular destination for Batik hunters where they can find the best quality of Batik fabrics and clothing at Pasar Klewer, the biggest textile market in Indonesia or explore exquisite local culinary at Pasar Legi and Pasar Kembang.

In conjunction with the two new route launches, AirAsia is offering an introductory fare of Sin$ 79 all-in fare, one way, on flights into Lombok and Sin$ 69 on flights into Solo. The promotion is available for bookings up to 7 December 2014, for travel between 28 January 2015 and 17 January 2016.

The Singapore-Lombok route will commence 28 January 2015, while Singapore-Solo route will commence 29 January 2015.

Logan Velaitham, CEO of AirAsia in Singapore said, “AirAsia is continuously looking at innovative ways to overcome infrastructure challenges by rotating planes in our 5 hubs in Indonesia. By doing this, AirAsia can open up more unique destinations out of Singapore virtual hub and provide low fares for consumers. This is in line with our strategy of stimulating new market between Lombok, Solo and Singapore, as well as our commitment to drive more traffic to Changi Airport.”