Sriwijaya Air Canceled Some Flights, Including From Batam

TRIBUNBATAM.id - A number of Sriwijaya Air flights were canceled for no apparent reason.

This cancellation leaves potential Sriwijaya Air passengers displaced on Thursday (7/11).

From the observation of Kompas.com at Tangerang Soekarno-Hatta Airport, passengers who were already in the waiting room huddled in front of the officers' desk to get clarity.

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The seats in the waiting room also looked full because of the piling up of passengers.

Among them, some chose to sit in the hallway leading to the waiting room.

Krisna (78) claimed to have been at 06:15 WIB at Soekarno-Hatta Airport.

He got a flight schedule at 07.00 WIB to Lampung.

"I was told that my child had a flight at 09.15, but he called again when the plane became 7 o'clock. I walked half-five from Pasar Minggu, until now (not yet leaving)," said this retired lecturer.

Krisna claimed not to get definite answer from the officer regarding the cancellation of flight.

By the officer, he was asked to keep waiting because there were planes from other routes that would be diverted to Lampung.

"There has never been a definite answer. We ask for sure, the answer is hopefully could. There is a plane from Yogya, Lubuk Linggau (forwarded to Lampung) but not yet," Krisna said.

When his flight was delayed, he said, officers only gave him food and mineral water.

After more than five hours, he also received compensation of IDR 300,000 which could only be taken a week after.

The same thing was conveyed by Nasrul Utama.

He had expressed his emotions to airport officials over the cancellation of flight to Malang.

In fact, Nasrul had been at airport since 7 o'clock in the morning.

"This is a fraud. Already know the plane does not exist, but tickets are still sold, can still get boarding passes. What is this for?" he said.

On the other hand, there was a polemic between Sriwijaya Air and Garuda Indonesia airline. Previously, in a statement obtained by Kompas.com, Thursday (11/07/2019), Garuda Indonesia Maintenance and Service Director Iwan Joeniarto stated that this had happened because an agreement between Garuda Indonesia and Sriwijaya Air's shareholders was deadlocked.

"Due to certain conditions that prevented the two parties from reaching an agreement, we hereby announce that the owner of Sriwijaya has withdrawn," Iwan wrote.

The statement also said that relationship between Garuda and Sriwijaya Air would be reviewed on business to business basis.

Meanwhile Sriwijaya Air Group, both Sriwijaya Air and NAM Air, reportedly canceled flights to a number of routes from Hang Nadim Airport, Batam, Friday (11/08/2019).

The flight cancellation was allegedly related to hot atmosphere between PT Garuda Indonesia and Sriwijaya Air Group.

BUBU Director Hang Nadim Batam, Suwarso confirmed news of the cancellation for Sriwijaya Air flights from Friday to Sunday (11/10/2019).

"Yeah right, for today until Sunday there is indeed a cancellation of Sriwijaya Air and Nam Air flights," he said on Friday (11/08/2019).

Even so, manager of Hang Nadim Batam airport asked Sriwijaya Group to continue providing the best service.

"The airport has requested that the counter / ticketing remains open to provide information," he added.

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