Airlines flying from Saudi Arabia low cost with value added ( low cost carrier plus ) , Flynas , starting 13 April 2014 the official airport direct flights from Surabaya to Medina twice a week .
" This is a first step for the global aviation Flynas program in Indonesia . Surabaya Flights to Medina operates every Sunday and Tuesday , while the Jeddah - Surabaya operates every Saturday and Sunday, " said CEO Nasser bin Abdul Flynas Dato Abu Kassim in his press conference in Jakarta Sunday .
The second largest airline in Saudi Arabia will use Boeing 747-400 aircraft with 475 passengers , consisting of 460 passengers in economy class and 15 business class passengers .
" Flight Flynas Surabaya - Medina Umrah market demand is very large in East Java . Residents of East Java about 40 million people , thus umra demand will be huge , " he said .
Nasser explained , Indonesia is the biggest country for Hajj and Umrah trips in manana in 2013 , there were 750,000 Indonesian pilgrims perform Hajj and Umrah to the Holy Land of Mecca .
" Saudi Arabia and Indonesia have Islamic culture , strong trade relations especially in the fields of energy and human resources , characterized by many Indonesian people who live and work in Saudi Arabia , " he said .
Based on data from the Central Statistics Agency ( BPS), Indonesia in 2012 as many as 86,645 Arab tourists visited Indonesia , grew 4 percent compared to the year 2011 .
Nasser added , Surabaya is part of the global aviation Flynas program , which will provide a network of high quality international service flights to parts of Europe , Asia , and Africa , but still at an affordable cost .
Flynas all international flights will operate from its base in Jeddah , Kingdom of Saudi Arabia .
In addition to Surabaya , Flynas also soon launch a new flight route London Gatwick and Manchester in the UK , Paris in France , Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia , Karachi in Pakistan , and Casablanca in Morocco .
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