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VIVA – The Indonesian Ministry of Transportation stated that the direct flight from Xiamen Gaoqi Airport, China to I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport, Denpasar, Bali has a positive impact on Tourism and the economy in Bali.
"This is important, given that China is one of the potential markets for tourism in Bali. Currently, it was recorded that 1,143 tourists from China came to Bali since the start of 2023. The availability of the direct regular flight will certainly help,” the Air Transportation Director General at the Ministry Maria Kristi Endah Murni explained in a statement on Monday.
Moreover, the Xiamen-Bali direct flight is available daily. This flight became the foremost regular flight after the COVID-19 pandemic that was unveiled last Friday.
The Xiamen Airlines has deployed a 169-seater Boeing 738-800 aircraft. The airplane arrives from Xiamen at 11:15 pm local time and returns to Xiamen at 00:15 am local time.
Xiamen Airlines to Bali
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Earlier, the I Gusti Ngurah Rai airport had served a Lion Air-operated Boeing 737-900 charter flight from Shenzen to Denpasar once a week. Regular and charter flights facilitate direct connectivity between Bali and China's two cities of Xiamen and Shenzhen.
Murni hopes that flight accessibility between China and Indonesia would encourage the recovery of the aviation sector, especially through the international flight route operated not just in Bali but also in other cities.
Close collaboration between ministries or institutions and all flight stakeholders will help in realizing the flight connectivity potential so that cities can be connected with the international route, Murni said.
In addition to China, another weekly international direct flight by Garuda Indonesia airlines' 250-seater capacity Airbus A333 aircraft has begun to be operated from Narita Airport, Tokyo, Japan, to Sam Ratulangi Airport, Manado, North Sulawesi, since the start of March 2023.
