Batik introduces Penang to Perth
Also, new routes between Canberra and Denpasar, Shanghai and Adelaide
Batik introduces Penang to Perth
Also, new routes between Canberra and Denpasar, Shanghai and Adelaide
February 13th, 2026. Starting on March 29th, Malaysia’s Batik Air will begin services between Penang and Perth. The flight will operate daily with a seventy-minute stop in Jakarta on the way.
Flight number OD197 will take off from Penang International Airport at 15:15 and arrive in Jakarta’s Soekarno-Hatta International Airport at 16:45. It departs from Jakarta at 17:55 and touches down at Perth Airport at 23:35.
The return trip, flight number OD198, leaves Perth at 01:35 and gets to Jakarta at 05:15. It continues its journey at 06:25 and finally arrives back in Penang at 09:55. All times are local.
The overall flight time will be about eight hours and twenty minutes in each direction, and the route will be served by Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft.
Canberra to Denpasar
Virgin Australia will launch a service between Canberra and Denpasar, Bali, on June 22nd. The flight will operate three times a week on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays.
Flight number VA127 will depart from Canberra Airport at 16:10 and land at Denpasar’s I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport at 20:55. The return leg, flight number VA128, will leave Denpasar at 22:10 and arrive back in Canberra at 06:00 the next morning.
A Boeing 737-800 aircraft will serve the flight, and the duration will be approximately six hours and forty-five minutes for the outbound flight, and about an hour less for the return.
Shanghai to Adelaide
Also launching at the latter end of June will be a limited-time service linking Shanghai and Adelaide. The route will be operated by China Eastern Airlines between June 20th and August 1st. It will depart three times a week on Mondays, Thursdays, and Saturdays.
Flight number MU781 will take off from Shanghai’s Pudong International Airport at 19:40 and arrive at Adelaide Airport at 07:30 the next morning. The return journey, flight number MU782, will leave Adelaide at 09:30 and arrive back in Shanghai at 18:30.
The flight will be aboard an Airbus A350-900, and the journey time will be about ten and a half hours in each direction.
Picture: Batik Air Boeing 737-800 by Md Shaifuzzaman Ayon via Wikimedia Commons
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