Starlux Airlines today announced that it is to launch direct flights between Taipei and the Indonesian island of Bali starting on Oct. 1, with tickets now on sale.
The Taiwan-based carrier said in a news release that the route would be operated by new-generation Airbus A321neo aircraft.
Photo: Tsai Yun-jung, Taipei Times
The service would initially offer five flights per week, it added.
Starlux chief executive officer Glenn Chai (翟健華) said Bali has long been a popular destination among global travelers and is a well-established tourism market in both Taiwan and Western countries.
With the airline's expansion of long-haul routes to North America and Europe, Starlux "expects to reach more Western travelers transiting through Taiwan to Bali, further boosting transfer traffic between Europe, the US and Southeast Asia," Chai said.
Following the launch of the Taipei-Bali route, Starlux said it would serve more than 13 destinations in Southeast Asia.
The carrier is to also launch flights to its first South Korean destination, Busan, on June 1, and its first European route to Prague on Aug. 1.
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