AirAsia opens new routes from Singapore to Medan and Padang

Low-cost airline AirAsia is opening two international routes from Singapore to Medan and Padang, respectively.

The new round-trip flights will be available on Feb. 9, 2018.

“We are interested in opening [new routes] in Tourism Ministry’s 10 Priority Destinations. We are currently assessing Silangit, Padang, Belitung, Labuan Bajo and Raja Ampat,” told AirAsia Indonesia commercial director, Rifai Taberi.

Each of these routes will have seven flights in a week (one flight per day) using Airbus A320 that has the capacity of 180 seats.

The flight time from Medan to Singapore will be at 05:50 a.m. and arrive at 08:15 a.m. while the flight from Singapore to Medan will be at 12:35 p.m. and arrive at 01:00 p.m.

For the Padang – Singapore route, the plane will depart at 09:40 a.m. from Padang and arrive in Singapore at 11:55 a.m. Meanwhile, the flight from Singapore will depart at 08:55 a.m. and arrive in Padang at 09:15 a.m.

Promotional tickets for these new routes are priced at Rp. 479,000 ($35.38) for Medan – Singapore route and Rp. 599,000 for Padang – Singapore route.

Moreover, AirAsia is re-opening the Jakarta – Medan route and will be available on Feb. 9, 2018 with a promotional price of Rp. 659,000. These promotional fares are for flights between Feb. 9 until Nov. 21 next year.

With the new international routes, AirAsia will have seven routes that connect Singapore and Indonesia. For domestic flights, AirAsia currently travels to-and-from Jakarta, Bandung, Semarang, Yogyakarta and Denpasar.