OREANDA-NEWS. July 23, 2014. Air France started operating a daily service to Jakarta, continuing on from Singapore. This service is operated at night on both the outbound and inbound flights to provide customers with optimum rest before their arrival at destination.

Flights to Jakarta are operated by Boeing 777-300, with 303 seats (8 in La Premiere, 67 in Business, 28 in Premium Economy and 200 in Economy).

This new destination is in addition to the KLM service which serves Jakarta daily on departure from Amsterdam-Schiphol, as a continuation of the Kuala Lumpur flight.

Flight schedules (in local time)

- AF 254: Leaves Paris-Charles de Gaulle at 19:20, arrives in Singapore at 14:15 the following day. Leaves Singapore at 16:55, arrives in Jakarta at 17:35.

- AF 259: Leaves Jakarta at 19:30, arrives in Singapore at 22:25. Leaves Singapore at 00:25, arrives at Paris-Charles de Gaulle at 7:55.

In addition, travellers leaving from Singapore can now travel on Air France between Singapore and Jakarta or make an easy connection on KLM’s daily flight from Singapore to Denpasar in Bali.

"With the launch of a new route to Jakarta, we are strengthening our presence in this expanding region and are offering our customers even more travel opportunities. We also want to provide them with the best of Air France. As from the end of September, Singapore and Jakarta will be the first destinations to welcome our new La Premiere suite" declared Patrick Roux, EVP Asia Pacific at Air France-KLM.