Kuching City will be connected to Indonesia’s capital, Jakarta in June 2023 with the introduction of Kuching – Jakarta direct flights by AirAsia.
According to posters shared with us, the flights will be three times weekly, namely Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.
Flights will be operated by AirAsia Indonesia, with the number QZ531 and QZ530 having departure from Kuching at 11:10AM (Kuching time), and arrival at 12:20PM (Jakarta time) on the said days.
For those from Jakarta, flights will be at 07:30AM (Jakarta time) with arrival in Kuching at 10:40AM (Kuching time).
This is puts the journey at about 2 hours per flight (one way).
According to MalayMail, AirAsia is offering said promotional fares for the route now with airfares going from as low as RM199 for a one-way flight.
The promo would run from now until May 14, for trips to be performed between June 15 and Oct 29.
More direct flights for Kuching
The Kuching – Jakarta direct flights means Kuching will be connected to its third international destination via direct flights this year with the capital city of Sarawak already connected by air to Singapore and Bandar Seri Bagawan, Brunei.
The Cat City had previously been connected directly to Haikou and Shenzen in China, and Pontianak, in Kalimantan, Indonesia, but all three routes have been axed.
The Sarawak government has in the past said that it intends to connect Kuching not only to Jakarta, but to Bangkok in Thailand.
