SilkAir plans to launch thrice weekly Singapore-Yogyakarta service on 25 November, using Airbus A320 family aircraft.
Yogyakarta is the carrier's twelfth Indonesian destination after launching services to Semarang and Makassar on 29 July and 1 August respectively, it says.
Innovata schedules show that SilkAir will compete with Indonesia AirAsia and Tigerair on the Singapore-Yogyakarta route.
Source: Air Transport Intelligence news
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