AirAsia Surabaya-Singapore service given approval at Singapore end
SINGAPORE — The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) and the Changi Airport Group (CAG) said today (Jan 3) that Indonesia AirAsia’s Surabaya-Singapore service had been given approval at Singapore’s end.
SINGAPORE — The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) and the Changi Airport Group (CAG) said today (Jan 3) that Indonesia AirAsia’s Surabaya-Singapore service had been given approval at Singapore’s end.
Replying to media queries, they said in a joint statement that before “an airline can launch a service between two points, it needs to obtain approval of its flight schedules from the respective civil aviation authorities at each end of its flight routing separately.
“The airline’s application will be considered by each civil aviation authority, taking into account the air traffic rights available under the relevant air services agreements (ASA) and the availability of airport takeoff and landing slots from the respective slot coordinators,” the statement added.
It said that on Singapore’s end, Indonesia AirAsia had applied to operate a daily flight between Surabaya and Singapore for the Northern Winter Season from Oct 26, 2014 to Mar 28, 2015, arriving at Changi Airport at 8.30am (Singapore time) and departing for Surabaya at 2.10pm (Singapore time).
“These daily flights were approved as there were available air traffic rights under the bilateral ASA and the slots at Changi Airport were available,” the statement said.
It added that Indonesia AirAsia was operating the flight four times a week on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays, adding that airlines may adjust their flight frequencies in the course of a season in response to market demand or operational requirements. CHANNEL NEWSASIA