Transnusa adds Melbourne-Bali

Harrison_133 said:
Transnusa will launch flights from Melbourne to Bali on October 19.

Schedule:
8B18 DPS1950 - 0430+1DPS 320 D
8B19 MEL0530 - 0845DPS 320 D

Initially operates 4 times a week before increasing to daily flights in mid-November.

TransNusa to launch Melbourne Bali flights

www.melbourneairport.com.au www.melbourneairport.com.au
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I realise this is prolly a good way for them to utilise aircraft overnight…. it they’re not great flight timings!

1950 departure from Bali… maybe… possibly… if you get ,ate checkout until 4pm.

But the flight TO Bali… can’t even check in to your hotel at that time, have to be at the airport to checkin at 330am, so up at 130am?

Madness! 🤣🤣
 
Can't see it being successful.

Wouldn't be my first choice, but hey, they're giving it a go....
 
A320 is pushing it for that flight length. I remember Citilink when they came to AVV didn't have etops and went a strange way I wonder if this mob are in the same boat. I'd stay well clear
 
Aussie_flyer said:
A320 is pushing it for that flight length. I remember Citilink when they came to AVV didn't have etops and went a strange way I wonder if this mob are in the same boat. I'd stay well clear
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Qantas and Virgin regularly fly 737s on the route… I’d have thought the a320 would have the same, if not greater range?
 
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I think it's close but from memory JQ never flew the A320 regularly on MEL-DPS, it remained 787 until the A321LR's came into service.. They did out of ADL which is slightly closer... so there may be some reason for that. I see TransNusa runs 174 seats on A320's so not as packed as some.

Citilink had some kind of ETOPS issue on their very short lived Avalon service, I think they had to go on a route via Darwin or something to stay within their ETOPS rules. It's a distant memory now I think they lasted a few weeks in 2020 before COVID shut things down.
 
TransNusa have been operating for a couple of years now and haven’t managed to crash yet so they’re clearly doing something right. They’re also expanding to more international markets after mostly domestic early on.

However, they’re going to pull this route very quickly with those times. The number of Indonesians who use them because of price won’t be able to sustain it alone. Plus, if you’re an Indonesian expat who can afford to live in Melbourne, or a tourist who can afford to travel there, you can afford Garuda.
 

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