Bangkok--Oct 31--eTurboNews
NEW DELHI, India (eTurboNews) -- In a setback for tourism in Indonesia, Australia's cut-price international travel service, Australian Airlines, has decided to reduce its flights to the Indonesian island of Bali following the bombings earlier this month.
The airline decided to suspend most of its services to Bali as tourists were canceling their travel plans after terrorist bombings.
The airline, operated by Qantas, has been running seven weekly flights between Australia and Bali. But it is now suspending all flights out of Perth and Melbourne, leaving just three services out of Sydney.
The airline says the reduced service will be in effect until January 29 next year, and it is confident Australian tourists will return to Bali in increased numbers. Sydney's three flights a week will be maintained alongside the twice-weekly return Qantas service between Darwin and Denpasar.
"We have taken this decision in line with the decrease in demand for Bali following the bombings on October 1," Australian Airlines chief executive Andrea Staines said in a statement. "However, we are confident Australians will return to Bali in increased numbers as they have done in the past. We will continue to monitor demand and will increase capacity accordingly."
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