Bali Ngurah Rai International Airport

After an 18-month hiatus due to the pandemic, Australia’s favourite holiday island, also known as “The Land of the Gods,” has reopened to foreign guests, but one critical component is missing: international flights.

Air New Zealand will significant enhance its operations in Bali next year, almost doubling its seat capacity to Denpasar and extending the duration of its flying season by almost two months. The airline currently operates two weekly from Auckland to Bali’s international airport between the end of May and mid-October, increasing to three services per […]

Indonesia’s Batik Air has revealed plans to launch its first three routes to India. The Bali Post reports that in the coming weeks, the airline will start flying from Medan to Chennai, Jakarta to Delhi and Bali to Mumbai. The Jakarta-Delhi route will mark the first direct link between the capital cities of Indonesia and […]

Thai Lion links Bangkok with Bali Where? Bangkok Don Mueang (Thailand) to Denpasar (Indonesia) When? Daily, effective 1 July 2017 Who? Thai Lion Air Why? Connecting two of Southeast Asia’s most popular tourism destinations, Bangkok and Bali Anything else? According to the latest MasterCard Destination Index, Bangkok and Bali will handle a combined total of […]

Bali gets another Chinese connection Where? Bali (Indonesia) to Chengdu (China) When? Three times a week, effective 22 May 2017 Who? Garuda Indonesia Why? Part of the Indonesian government’s effort to tap into the Chinese outbound tourism boom Anything else? Mainland China recently overlook Australia as Bali’s largest visitor source market AirAsia expands domestic links […]

Indonesia AirAsia Extra, the long-haul low-cost carrier, will launch its first flights to India this week. On Friday 19 May 2017, the airline will start flying from Bali to Mumbai, via Kuala Lumpur. Services will run daily using a 377-seat Airbus A330-300 aircraft, and passengers will be offered two cabin classes, with a limited number […]

Bali’s tourism industry will get a significant boost this summer, following the announcement that Emirates will introduce a second daily flight to the island. Commencing on 2 July 2017, the new flight will be operated using a high-capacity Boeing 777-300ER aircraft, adding up to 428 additional daily seats into Bali. This will provide extra connectivity […]

Indonesia AirAsia X, the long-haul low-cost carrier, will resume flights to destinations in the Asia Pacific region in May 2017. The airline is planning to launch a direct connection between Bali and Tokyo on 24 May, providing a new budget service for Japanese tourists visiting the Indonesian resort island. This will mark a return to […]

New Macau charters for Cambodia Angkor Air Where? Sihanoukville (Cambodia) to Macau (China) When? Twice a week, effective immediately Who? Cambodia Angkor Air Why? New charter service to tap Chinese demand for Cambodian beach holidays Anything else? When President Airlines’ Antonov 24 landed at Sihanoukville Airport in 2004 it was the first commercial aircraft to […]

Another direct Chinese connection between Bali and China Where? Fuzhou (China) to Denpasar (Indonesia) When? Daily, effective 26 March 2017 Who? Xiamen Airlines Why? Fujian province’s fast-expanding airline taps soaring demand for Chinese travel to Bali Anything else? Bali is one of a series of new Southeast Asian destinations being launched by Xiamen Airlines this […]

Garuda Indonesia will increase its flights to Australia this summer, providing more connections to and from Jakarta and Bali. In a joint press conference with Tourism Australia, the national carrier announced that it will increase its services between Jakarta and Australia from four to five flights per week, while its flights from Bali to Australia […]

Indonesia’s tourism sector continued to thrive in January 2017, as the country welcomed more than one million visitors. According to the latest data from the country’s Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS), reported by the Antara news agency, the monthly total of 1.03m international arrivals marked a sharp 26.6% increase compared to the same month last […]

Tigerair Australia has suspended all flights to Bali, less than a year after it started flying to the island. The low-cost carrier said the decision had been taken after Indonesian authorities said they would not authorise Tigerair’s flights to Bali in future. The airline was told to find an “alternative regulatory solution”, but Tigerair said […]

Garuda Indonesia is planning to take advantage of the booming Chinese outbound travel market by launching a series of new charter flights over the Lunar New Year holiday period. The Jakarta Post reported Garuda’s station manager in Bali, Micky Irfandi, as saying that the national carrier would launch five new routes connecting the “Island of […]