Garuda to cancel Bali as travel hub

Garuda Indonesia, the national carrier, has plans to cancel Bali as a travel hub. BaliDiscovery reports that this is not yet a foregone decision, but its on the cards.

Its true that most airlines have only 1 hub, meaning you have to transit through one major gateway, where the airline is based. Malaysia Airlines uses KL, Lufthansa uses Frankfurt etc, etc. Indonesia uses Jakarta and Denpasar, which as Vice-president of Sales and Marketing, Agus Priyanto says, is “running two hubs was like running two different airlines.”

If this move happens it will suck, for Aussies coming in from the east coast, as they will have to go through either Perth, or Jakarta. Another thing that sucks is they dare to charge you more, when there is a transit stop, as if its extra benefit. Let’s hope tourism picks up sufficiently and this does not happen.