Surabaya loses seventh-largest airline

9 Feb 2013 20:09:05

anna.aero

Situated in the eastern Java, Surabaya is home to Indonesia's third-busiest airport, serving the country's second-largest city with a population of three million. Three new routes were launched from Surabaya in January 2013, and in the upcoming weeks more changes are expected due to a bankruptcy of airport's seventh-largest operator, Batavia Air, which ceased operations on 31 January. Serving nine domestic routes from Surabaya, Batavia Air was considered a small player in the very dynamic market operating only 7% of domestic and 2.2% of international total seat capacity in January 2013. While in the last 12 months Batavia Air added five new destinations from Surabaya and more than doubled the weekly seat capacity, it should not take long to fill the void left by its demise.

Read full story: anna.aero