Indonesia’s Wings Air to make maiden flight to Miri March 15

MIRI: The maiden flight of Indonesian low-cost airline, Wings Air, from Pontianak to Miri this March 15 has drawn much excitement among tourism stakeholders here.

According to station manager of Malindo Air, Harris Salleh, the inaugural flight is expected to arrive at the Miri Airport around 6.20pm and the airline will make a return flight to Pontianak at around 6.50pm on the same day.

Harris disclosed this at the Wings Air Inaugural Flight Preparation Meeting at Miri Airport’s meeting room yesterday which was chaired by Assistant Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture Datuk Lee Kim Shin.

Among those attending was Miri district officer Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusuf. He said the aircraft will fly the Pontianak-Miri route and vice versa daily.

“This route will be served by ATR aircraft with the capacity of 72 passengers and the price of the ticket starts from RM163.”

He added that tickets for the flight can be bought online via www.lionair. co.id or www.malindoair.com.