Silkair launches Bandung Services

SilkAir, the regional wing of Singapore Airlines, launched its inaugural flight to Bandung, Indonesia, on Tuesday, 11 October 2011, when MI 196 departed Singapore Changi Airport Terminal 2 at 1555 hours. 

The aircraft was scheduled to arrive at Bandung’s Husein Sastranegara International Airport at 1650 hours the same day. The return flight, MI 195, will depart Bandung at 1735 hours and was scheduled to reach Singapore at 2025 hours (all times local). Bandung is SilkAir’s ninth destination in Indonesia and the 37th in the airline’s network. The airline’s other Indonesian destinations include Balikpapan, Lombok, Manado, Medan, Palembang, Pekanbaru, Solo and Surabaya. 

To mark this special occasion, customers on the first flight out of Singapore were presented with a local delicacy from Bandung, brownie kukus, or steamed brownie. Passengers travelling on the first flight out of Bandung received exclusively produced SilkAir notebooks.

The thrice-weekly flights on Tuesday, Friday and Sunday are operated with the A319 aircraft, featuring both Business and Economy Class. The flight frequency will be increased to five times weekly from 30 October with flights operating on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday.     

Detailed flight schedules are as follows:

(i) Singapore-Bandung services from 11 October 2011: 
MI196 Tue, Fri, Sun SIN 1555hrs BDO 1650hrs
MI195 Tue, Fri, Sun BDO 1735hrs  SIN 2025hrs 

(ii) Singapore-Bandung services from 30 October 2011: 
MI196 Tue, Wed, Thur, Fri, Sun SIN 1600hrs BDO 1650hrs
MI195 Tue, Wed, Thur,Fri, Sun BDO 1735hrs  SIN 2025hrs

Customers interested in booking flights and viewing fares for flights to and from Bandung can visit silkair.com.

Media Contact: 

Soraya Salim
Head Public Affairs
SilkAir (S) Pte Ltd
DID: (65) 6541 5303      
Email: soraya_salim@singaporeair.com.sg