TransNusa has focused on strengthening network connectivity between Indonesia and China and has launched its maiden flight from Manado to Shenzhen less than a month after its maiden flight from Manado to Shanghai.
Both flights scheduled on commercial routes were launched on 2 October and 8 September, respectively. TransNusa Group chief executive officer Datuk Bernard Francis said TransNusa aims to strengthen its network connectivity between Indonesia and China’s secondary tourism-based markets.
“Our main priority and focus is to offer additional options for passengers while providing seamless, secure, and fast travel,” Datuk Francis said.
He also added that TransNusa is providing its passengers with options to visit other major tourist destinations from Manado, such as Bali, also known as Indonesia’s Island of Gods.
Details of the scheduled flight
TransNusa operating three flights a week from Manado’s Sam Ratulangi International Airport to Shenzhen Bao’an International Airport. The TransNusa flight, 8B 175, departs Manado at 21:10pm and arrive at the Shenzhen Bao’an International Airport at 1am while TransNusa flight, 8B 176, departs Shenzhen Bao’an International Airport at 2am and arrives in Manado at 5:50am.
TransNusa, which will be utilising its C909 jet airliner for this newly launched international route, will be operating the Manado-Shenzhen route three times weekly. The Manado-Shenzhen route scheduled commercial flights are on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday while the Shenzhen-Manado route scheduled commercial flights will be on Wednesday, Friday and Sunday.
TransNusa’s scheduled Manado-Shenzhen flight ticket price starts from as low as US$226 (around AU$342). TransNusa tickets are available for purchase on their website and all other main online travel agent platforms worldwide.
Future plans
On its plans for new routes, Datuk Bernard said that TransNusa has plans to introduce, at least, one new international route before the end of this year.
“We hope to launch an additional new scheduled international route and increase, at least, one more international scheduled route frequency before the end of 2025,” Datuk Bernard added.
History on TransNusa
TransNusa, which had to close business due to the Covid-19 pandemic was injected with new shareholders and management team in 2022. The airline opened its doors for business in October and within six months, in April 2023, launched its first international flight from Jakarta to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
After which, under the new leadership of Datuk Francis, and the new management team, the airline successfully launched three more new international routes by the end of 2023. In 2024, the airline continued growing its international and domestic route and at the same time recording historical firsts that also became a significant industry first for the Indonesian aviation industry.
Since April 2023, TransNusa has been making headlines in Malaysia, Singapore, China, West Australia and around the world with news of being the first airline in Indonesia and the world to develop and introduce a new domestic route connecting Bali and diving haven, Manado. TransNusa also became the second Indonesian airline to receive approval to fly to China and provided Indonesians with more pricing and route options to China.
TransNusa’s aggressive international growth strategy combined with its domestic business operations approach has enabled the airline to be the fastest growing airline in Southeast Asia.
