The TransNusa Airlines will become the first airline to fly the Jakarta- Kuala Lumpur route from the Subang Airport.
They will also be the first company to fly a jet aircraft from the airport too. This is following the approval given by authorities here.
TransNusahadmade headlines when the airline with just two Airbus A320 and one Comac ARJ21-700 introduced its first international route from Jakarta to Kuala Lumpur on April 14, 2023.
Fourteen months later, the airline has been handpicked as one of the two foreign airlines that has received approval to start flights from the Sultan Abdul Aziz Airport, popularly known as Subang Airport.
“I am thankful for the opportunity to be the first foreign airline to start scheduled jet aircraft operations for an international route from Subang airport. As of today, we will be the only airline offering scheduled international flights from Subang Airport to Terminal 3, Soekarno-Hatta International Airport,” said Datuk Bernard, who is the Group Chief Executive Officer of TransNusa.
Datuk Bernard
At the initial stage, TransNusa will be operating one daily scheduled flight from Subang Airport to Terminal 3, Soekarno-Hatta International Airport.
The flight, 8B 698, will depart Subang Airport at 07.30pm and arrive in Jakarta at 08.30pm. From Jakarta, the 8B 699 flight will depart Jakarta at 4.10pm and arrive at the Subang Airport at 07.00pm. TransNusa will be utilizing its A320 narrow-body airliner, which has 174 seats, to cater for the two-hour scheduled flight, beginning August 1.
“We will be starting sale of tickets from today,” said Bernard, adding that tickets can be bought online at the TransNusa website at transnusa.co.id or through primary Online Ticketing Platforms. The TransNusa ticket will be priced from RM299, one way.
On the successful approval of TransNusa’s route permit, Bernard said, “TransNusa, known for its unique business proposition as a Premium Service Carrier, has always operated with passengers’ comfort and safety in mind. As such, this new opportunity is a testament to our commitment towards enhancing services in the aviation industry.”
“As a Malaysian, I am proud to launch a series of new daily scheduled flights from Subang Airport and play a part in making history with the Subang Airport team,” he added.
On whether there will be any changes to TransNusa’s scheduled flights from Jakarta to Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA), Bernard said that TransNusa would still continue to operate three scheduled daily flights to KLIA and four (4) scheduled flights weekly to Johor Bahru.
TransNusa, which had to close its business operation in September 2020 due to impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the aviation industry, started operations again after injection of new shareholders and management team in October 2022.
Within six months, the airline introduced its first international route between Jakarta and Kuala Lumpur and celebrated its first-year anniversary for this route on April 14, this year.
“When we re-launched TransNusa in October 2022, we started from the bottom again. We had no aircraft or roadmap to follow. Everything was new because the pandemic had broken the aviation business operations boundaries. We re-created and customised our business operations and strategy model of being the first Premium Service Carrier based on the post-pandemic scenario,” Bernard explained.
“As such, for us, being handpicked by the Malaysian Aviation Commission as the only airline to operate from the Subang Airport to offer daily scheduled flights to Jakarta is another milestone,” he added.
After launching its first international route between Jakarta and Kuala Lumpur, TransNusa launched three more new international routes by the end of last year. TransNusa’s aggressive international growth strategy combined with its domestic business operations approach has enabled the airline to be the fastest growing airline in South East Asia.
In 2024, the airline will not only celebrate the first year of its operations in Kuala Lumpur but it will also be celebrating the first year of operations in three other international locations that are Johor, Malaysia, Singapore and Guangzhou, China.
Since its re-launch, TransNusa became the first in the world to commission a Comac ARJ21-700. TransNusa became the second airline in Indonesia to launch a Jakarta-Guangzhou route on November 16, last year.
On the domestic front, TransNusa, in keeping with its new player, new rules character, became the first in the world to offer a direct flight between two world legendary destinations, which is Bali and Manado. This domestic route was launched in April, this year.
Source – TransNusa Airlines
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