Flights to Lombok from Perth by JetStar

Indonesia's Lombok Island is getting more popular every passing year. Just less than a week after Malaysia based budget airline AirAsia has started flights to Lombok from Kuala Lumpur, another low-cost carrier JetStar has announced its launch of flights Lombok from Perth. This new Lombok - Perth route will be the first direct flight from Australia to Lombok, an emerging tourism destination.

JetStar is planning four flights a week on the route. The route will be served by an Airbus A320, flying on Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday with a flight time of around 3 hours and 40 minutes.

Lombok Island is just right next to Bali and nicknamed as Unspoiled Bali. Lombok probably has the most remote and unspoiled beaches in the Indonesian archipelago. The island is covered with lush forests and immense mountains some of which are volcanic and provide a majestic backdrop to white sandy beaches and pristine waters. Although it is just right next to Bali and almost has the same size, the island is a relatively unknown and unspoiled tropical paradise with relatively low number of visitors. Lombok is much less developed than Bali. It appeals to travelers truly seeking a quiet island escape.

“For a long time, Australians have loved holidaying in Indonesia so it’s exciting to introduce a direct service to a new and emerging holiday destination,” said Jetstar Australia and New Zealand Chief Executive Officer, David Hall. “Indonesia has always been an important part of the group’s international network and we’re committed to enabling new travel opportunities for visitors to Indonesia as well as Indonesians keen to explore the region.”

Lombok Island

Jetstar currently operate up to 150 weekly flights from or to Jakarta, Bali, Medan and Surabaya in Indonesia.

AirAsia begins inaugural flights to Lombok and Kunming from Kuala Lumpur

AirAsia, Asia's largest low-fare, no-frills airline, has launched flights between Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia and Lombok Island of Indonesia which will be available 3 times weekly on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays. Lombok, an island right next to Bali and known as "an unspoiled Bali" is a tourism destination whose popularity is gradually increasing among holiday goers. Currently, daily flights from Kuala Lumpur to Lombok have a technical stop in Surabaya in East Java.

This month, AirAsia also announced that it is launching direct flights between Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia and Kunming in China starting from December 10th 2012. These four times a week flights, available on Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday, will be AirAsia’s 24th route to China. Kunming is the capital and largest and is political, economic, communications and cultural centre of city of Yunnan Province in Southwest China.

“The addition of the Kuala Lumpur – Kunming route enables us to further strengthen our route network into China as we now have a total of 24 routes from Kuala Lumpur, Penang, Kota Kinabalu, Bangkok, Phuket, Chiang Mai and Clark operating flights into 13 cities in China, including Kunming. According to the Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation (CAPA), AirAsia is the largest foreign airline by capacity into China at the moment, and we will continue to work hard to maintain this.” Said Aireen Omar, Chief Executive Officer of AirAsia.

AirAsia Cabin Crew

To celebrate the launch of these flights, AirAsia offers promotional all-in-fares: KL - Lombok from RM 149, with the booking period from now until 21 October 2012, for travel between 3 January and 31 March 2013 and for KL - Kunming from RM 88 one way for travel between 10 December 2012 and 30 September 2013.

The airlines is also launching extra flights from Kota Kinabalu to Hong Kong and Taipei, throughout the peak holiday season from 25 December 2012 until 30 March 2013.