❏ Today (30 January 2013) Batavia Air, an Indonesian Domestic and International carrier has announced they will cease operations starting on 00:00 hours on Thursday 31 January 2013.

There is a reasonably comprehensive post outlining what has happened here > click on the following link shown in blue colour <

✭✭✭ tripadvisor.com/…46880368 ✭✭✭

❏ IMPORTANT INFORMATION

At the end of that post (linked above) the announcements concerning arrangements for immediate provisions for passengers scheduled to fly with Batavia Air today Thursday 31 January are outlined.

That information is posted on the main Indonesian forum for reasons of clarity and accessibility across Indonesia. This matter is of course not limited the region this message is posted in.

Fortunately Batavia management appears to have anticipated this outcome and consulted earlier with other carriers in anticipation of a negative outcome in the Central Jakarta Commercial Court today.

❏ The Director General (DG) of Civil Aviation, Ministry of Transportation, Herry Bakti, announced during a press conference in his office, Jakarta that Mandala/Tiger airways are willing to serve the Batavia routes for tomorrow morning". [ see http://okzone.com ]

❏ This webpage describes normal Mandala scheduled services… http://www.mandalaair.com/page/details/faq

❏ Please consult tripadvisor.com/…46880368 and subsequent Posts on that Discussion thread for updates on the arrangements for Batavia Air passengers.