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Best and Newest Flight Experience Offering Connecting North Sumatra with Jogja

K U A L A N A M U – March 30, 2022. When was the last time you went to Yogyakarta? The city is easy to pronounce as 'Jogja' still places as a particular destination, such as education, nature tourism, history, mountains, maritime, taste offerings, and others. When in Jogja, you must explore Kulonprogo, one of the districts located west of the city center. Famous as "the Jewel of Java," this district has objects including mangrove forests, Suroloyo Peak, Kleco Mini Reservoir, Embung Banjaroya Kalibawang, and others. Especially culinary hobbyists, presented with typical traditional food, namely geblek or growol. They said the most suitable relaxing atmosphere while drinking hot-scented roasted tea is considered successful in making people want to come back.

Moving from Kulonprogo, another famous city is Medan. Among tourists and business people (travelers), North Sumatra (North Sumatra) presents abundant resources and various sectors, such as agriculture, plantations, forestry, trade, creative industries. Because of its popularity, the capital province in Medan continues to boost various fields to attract many visitors.

Seeing the attraction and uniqueness of both cities can be included in the list of plans (itinerary) to explore Indonesia. Lion Air (flight code JT) member of Lion Air Group, developed the business by reopening the route (re-operate) connecting instagenic spots, North Sumatra through Kualanamu International Airport, Deli Serdang (KNO), and Yogyakarta through Yogyakarta Kulonprogo International Airport (YIA).

Direct flight operations without transit (non-stop) reopened effective on March 30, 2022. Lion Air provides a frequency of 3 (three) round trips (PP) a week, every Wednesday, Friday, Sunday.  

Lion Air offers special one-way airfares on routes

* Yogyakarta to Kualanamu starts from IDR 1,050,700.  

* Kualanamu to Yogyakarta starts from RP 1,025,700.

If market demand for the Medan Kualanamu - Yogyakarta Kulon Progo - Medan Kualanamu route increases, Lion Air will increase the frequency of flights.

The route that has served directly is Medan Kualanamu - Yogyakarta Kulonprogo as a continuation of the development of the Lion Air route through Medan Kualanamu International Airport and Yogyakarta Kulonprogo International Airport.

Lion Air expressed its gratitude for the cooperation and coordination between regulators, airport manager of PT Angkasa Pura II Kualanamu International Airport, airport managers of PT Angkasa Pura I Yogyakarta International Airport, air traffic controller: AirNav Indonesia, all Lion Air employees together with various related parties. So it is hoped that the synergy of domestic network operations of Medan Kulonprogo and Yogyakarta Kulonprogo can run smoothly and on time.

The relaunch of this route will offer more value for tourists and business people traveling. From various cities, stop first by spending time in Medan, then can continue the journey to Yogyakarta. Likewise, those who have completed the planning in Yogyakarta can continue to their next destination, namely Medan.

Medan Kualanamu's non-stop flight to Yogyakarta Kulonprogo further improves services while strengthening Lion Air's commitment to answering travel demand to realize the dream of tourists exploring convenient to Indonesia, especially in North Sumatra and Yogyakarta.

Lion Air Group always supports providing access to and from Jogja and North Sumatra, according to the concept of The 3A Tourist Destination Component – accessibility. The presence and availability of flight options have expected to inter destination connections so that they have a positive impact on supporting the economy to expand to the regions. So, Let's Explore Indonesia – North Sumatra and Let's Explore Indonesia – Yogyakarta.

For more connecting flights from Kualanamu International Airport, including destinations for Banda Aceh, Batam, Padang, Palembang, Pekanbaru, Penang, Dumai, Gunungsitoli, Jambi, Lhokseumawe, Meulaboh, Padang Sidempuan, Sibolga, Silangit, Simeulue, Takengon and other popular cities.

Yogyakarta Kulonprogo International Airport is the newest alternative for travelers who want to travel to or from Yogyakarta and the surrounding area to various cities in Indonesia. The new route Medan - Yogyakarta. It has become a new hit destination. From YIA, you can connect to Makassar, Balikpapan, Banjarmasin, Denpasar and other cities.

"Watch Free Movies" Flies Safe, Healthy, and Fun

To always increase the interest in traveling in the destination cities of Medan and Yogyakarta, Lion Air provides its own choice of comfort and the best service during the trip. Travelers have the opportunity to add to the flying experience with modern generation aircraft types Boeing 737-900ER (215 seat economy class) or Boeing 737-800NG (189 economy class seats).

This type of aircraft has the advantage of modern aircraft interior design that is comfortable in its class. It seems more spacious and dynamic with the arrangement of Light-Emitting Diode (LED) lights in the cabin interior and reading lights. In addition, this type of aircraft has a low noise level.

In enhancing the experience that flying is fun, all Lion Air passengers can enjoy "free" entertainment without pay (extra). This entertainment connects via wireless inflight entertainment (W-IFE) from AirFi (PT Dua Surya Dinamika). Which has access from all types of smartphones, tablets, laptops with the operating system (OS) - system software iOS, Android, Windows, Linux, and others. Enjoy various movies, play games, read magazines, and much more. 

The entire Lion Air fleet has equipped with High-Efficiency Particulate Air (HEPA) filters or strong particle filtration. HEPA filters help keep the air clean in the cabin and filter out more than 99.9% of viruses, germs, insects, and bacteria. The atmosphere in the aircraft cabin is updated every 2-3 minutes, making it fresher. The air cycle from the toilet (lavatory) and kitchen (galley) has directly streamed outside the aircraft. 

Increased activity of cleanliness and sterilization of aircraft Lion Air Group periodically with methods Aircraft Exterior and Interior Cleaning (AEIC) run in the center of the aircraft maintenance Batam Aero Technic (BAT) and in a variety of base airports (base station) where the Lion Air Group has located.