Jakarta: Three foreign airlines have shown interest in opening direct flights to Labuan Bajo, Indonesia’s super-priority tourist destination in East Nusa Tenggara, Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy, Sandiaga Salahuddin Uno, has informed.
“We, together with the Ministry of Transportation, are currently in discussion with several parties. There are three airlines that have stated their keenness to open direct flights, namely Malaysia’s Air Asia, Singapore’s Scoot, and Australia’s Jetstar,” he announced in a written statement on Monday.
Uno made the statement at the year-end press conference of the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy in Jakarta on December 22, 2023.
He also highlighted that the ministry will continue to invest efforts to achieve the target of hosting one million tourists at Labuan Bajo’s Komodo Airport by next year.
Meanwhile, Director of the Labuan Bajo Flores Tourism Authority (BPOLBF), Shana Fatina, affirmed that the authority will focus on making the activities and events scheduled for next year a success in the hope of boosting the number of tourists visiting the destination further.
