Just two months after its inaugural flight landed, Batik Air has reduced the number of direct flights from Canberra to Denpasar in Bali from three-a-week to two.
Just two months after its inaugural flight landed, Batik Air has reduced the number of direct flights from Canberra to Denpasar in Bali to two a week.
But the airline has already walked back on its commitment to provide three services a week between the cities. "Initially we thought it was a scam, because it came through WhatsApp, but then when we went investigating, it was true," Ms Tren-Platt said.Ms Tren-Platt said the group was given the option to fly out of Sydney but would have to cover the extra transport and accommodation costs.Instead, the women chose to re-book with another airline, flying via Sydney, at three times the price of their original flight." added stress to a holiday that was already all planned and set in stone.
Batik Air's inaugural flight into Canberra also saw teething problems, with the Australian Transport Safety Bureau investigating after it came in "below minimum altitude".CQUniversity aviation expert Doug Drury says running international flights out of Canberra is challenging because it's a relatively small market.Batik Air is only the second international carrier currently servicing the ACT, after Fiji Airways began operating flights between Canberra and Nadi last year.
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