INDONESIAN AMBASSADOR, IWAN SUYUDHIE AMRI CALLED ON FEDERAL MINISTER FOR AVIATION, GHULAM SARWAR KHAN AT AVIATION DIVISION, ISLAMABAD ON FEBRUARY 19, 2020.
Islamabad; 19 Feb 2020 – Aviation relations between Pakistan and Indonesia can be made stronger. This was said by Federal Minister for Aviation, Ghulam Sarwar Khan during a meeting with Indonesian Ambassador, Iwan Suyudhie Amri.
Ambassador said that private airline; Lion Air is interested in starting flights from Lahore, Karachi or Islamabad to Jakarta on daily basis. He was of the view that nearly 2 thousand overseas Pakistani reside in Indonesia.
Minister added that there is a dire need of more flight operation between 2 countries. Air Services Agreement between Pakistan and Indonesia was signed on January 14, 1966. The ASA stipulates multiple airline designation.
PIA is the designated carrier of Pakistan while Garuda Indonesia is the designated carrier of Indonesia .PIA also has some intermediate points while going to Jakarta, including India-Colombo-Rangoon-Bangkok-Kuala Lumpur-Saigon-Singapore.
Similarly Garuda Indonesia has so.e intermediate points while coming to Karachi, including Singapore-Phnom-Penh or Bangkok-Colombo or Bombay. And from Karachi the Indonesian airline also has some points beyond including Cairo or Beirut-Algiers-Rome-Paris-Amsterdam-London.
