New routes to Indonesia
And TransNusa adds Jakarta to Lombok
New routes to Indonesia
And TransNusa adds Jakarta to Lombok
April 17th, 2026. Singapore’s Scoot has added two new destinations in Indonesia to its timetable: Tanjung Pandan on Belitung Island, and Pontianak in West Kalimantan on the island of Borneo.
First to launch will be the service to Tanjung Pandan, which will operate twice a week on Sundays and Wednesdays commencing on May 3rd. Flight number TR284 will take off from Singapore’s Changi Airport at 05:45 and will arrive at Belitung (Tanjung Pandan) at 06:15. The return leg, flight number TR285, will leave Tanjung Pandan at 06:50 and arrive back in Singapore at 09:30.
An Embraer E190-E2 aircraft will serve the route, and the flight time is scheduled to be about ninety minutes, outbound, and a few minutes longer for the return.
To Pontianak
The service to Pontianak will launch on June 29th and operate three times a week with three different time slots.
On Mondays, flight number TR328 will depart from Singapore at 05:55 and touch down at Supadio International Airport, Pontianak at 06:30. The return journey, flight number TR329, will leave Pontianak at 07:05 and arrive back in Singapore at 09:30.
On Wednesdays and Saturdays, flight number TR340 will take off from Singapore at 11.55 and 11.25 respectively and will arrive in Pontianak at 12:30 and 12:00. The return trip, flight number TR341, will leave Pontianak at 13:10 on Wednesdays and 12:35 on Saturdays, landing back in Singapore at 15:35 and 15:00.
The journey time will be about ninety minutes each way and will also be served by Embraer E190-E2 aircraft.
Jakarta to Lombok
Meanwhile, TransNusa has launched a new domestic route connecting Jakarta with Lombok. The airline operates two flights daily with morning and afternoon departures.
The morning trip, flight number 8B-5161, takes off from Jakarta’s Soekarno-Hatta Airport at 05:00 and arrives at Lombok Airport at 08:00. The return journey, flight number 8B-5162, leaves Lombok at 08:30 and lands back in Jakarta at 09:30.
In the afernoons flight number 8B-5165 leaves Jakarta at 15:00 and is scheduled to land in Lombok at 17:45. The return leg, flight number 8B-5166, departs from Lombok at 18:15 and lands back in Jakarta at 18:45.
Airbus A320-200 aircraft serve the route, and the journey time is between an hour and a half and two hours
Picture: Scoot Embraer E190-E2 via Wikimedia Commons
Scoot Airlines website
TransNusa website
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