LH7478i From Germany, joined Jan 2012, 41 posts, RR: 0 Posted (1 year 3 months 3 weeks 2 days 23 hours ago) and read 2035 times:
Hey Guys!
I'm very excited about going to Bali in September and saw some videos of the approach and browsed through some pictures of DPS here on a.net. I noticed that a lot of asian airlines are sending heavy metal to this small island. I also saw some big birds from Garuda Indonesia and read about Lion Air using 744's at DPS. My first question is which function does DPS have for the indonesian airlines ? Is there just enough O&D leisure traffic to use the big ones or has DPS a hub function ?
I'm also curious about service from other places of the world. Are/were there direct flights or tag-ons from Europe or even the US ? I think i read something about a KLM tag-on and a Pan Am stop on it's way to HKG (?).
mogandoCI From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 1, posted (1 year 3 months 3 weeks 2 days 23 hours ago) and read 2030 times:
Quoting LH7478i (Thread starter): I'm also curious about service from other places of the world. Are/were there direct flights or tag-ons from Europe or even the US ? I think i read something about a KLM tag-on and a Pan Am stop on it's way to HKG (?).
QR has a tag-on from their SIN service, so you can view it as a single carrier 2 stop service from most points in Europe
DPS itself is by far leisure-oriented and the terminal infrastructure is woefully inadequate for a hub operation.
yeogeo From United States of America, joined Jul 2009, 790 posts, RR: 14 Reply 3, posted (1 year 3 months 3 weeks 2 days 23 hours ago) and read 1979 times:
Quoting LH7478i (Thread starter): I'm also curious about service from other places of the world. Are/were there direct flights or tag-ons from Europe...?
The longest regularly scheduled flights into DPS (and the longest flight from SVO) are Russian:
5429nm SVOº-DPSº Aeroflotˇ 332x2 per month
5404nm DME-DPS Transaero 772x2 per week
(February schedules)
A388 From Netherlands Antilles, joined May 2001, 9077 posts, RR: 13 Reply 4, posted (1 year 3 months 3 weeks 2 days 23 hours ago) and read 1910 times:
To my knowledge TK and KL also have tag-on flights from their SIN service. Do LH and AF also fly to DPS? Other than that I think that's it from Europe to DPS but I'm not sure.
Regarding the terminal itself, based on what I've seen from areal photos taken at DPS I find the terminal structure rather unique and exotic with the combination of tropical vegetation, the typical Indonesian-style building structure and loading bridges popping up in between. Very nice looking terminal from what I've seen on the internet.
mogandoCI From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 5, posted (1 year 3 months 3 weeks 2 days 22 hours ago) and read 1884 times:
Quoting yeogeo (Reply 3): 5429nm SVOº-DPSº Aeroflotˇ 332x2 per month
2 flights per *month* ? So if I'm a Russian tourist I'm trapped there for 2 weeks before I could go home ? Or is it like a scheduled charter with 7-day turnaround each time ?
winGl3t From Brazil, joined Dec 2011, 48 posts, RR: 0 Reply 6, posted (1 year 3 months 3 weeks 2 days 22 hours ago) and read 1786 times:
KL flies AMS-SIN-DPS with 77W.
I flew GRU-AMS-SIN / SIN-AMS-GRU last November and flights from AMS to SIN and return were completely packed (100% LF both ways) with Europeans going on vacation to Bali. Only a few (about 30% of the flight) had SIN as their final destination.
FoxBravo From United States of America, joined Nov 2003, 2806 posts, RR: 5 Reply 7, posted (1 year 3 months 3 weeks 2 days 21 hours ago) and read 1718 times:
Quoting mogandoCI (Reply 5): So if I'm a Russian tourist I'm trapped there for 2 weeks before I could go home ?
Ha, I can think of worse places to be "trapped!"
Quoting A388 (Reply 4): To my knowledge TK and KL also have tag-on flights from their SIN service. Do LH and AF also fly to DPS? Other than that I think that's it from Europe to DPS but I'm not sure.
Yes, KL has a tag-on from SIN a few times a week. TK flies to CGK but I don't believe they currently serve DPS, nor do LH or AF.
yeogeo From United States of America, joined Jul 2009, 790 posts, RR: 14 Reply 8, posted (1 year 3 months 3 weeks 2 days 21 hours ago) and read 1691 times:
Quoting mogandoCI (Reply 5): 2 flights per *month* ? So if I'm a Russian tourist I'm trapped there for 2 weeks before I could go home ? Or is it like a scheduled charter with 7-day turnaround each time ?
Well no, not exactly. The flights are timed to be 10 or 11 days apart; certainly not a bad length of time to spend away from the Russian winter!
SU #587 (SVO-DPS) schedules from February into March read:
Feb 9, Feb 19, March 1, March 11, March 22...
with the return on the following day.
LH7478i From Germany, joined Jan 2012, 41 posts, RR: 0 Reply 10, posted (1 year 3 months 3 weeks 2 days 21 hours ago) and read 1620 times:
I'm going LUX-FRA-SIN-DPS with LG / SQ and the travel agent said he had problems to find seats on SQ25/26. So Europe to Singapore seems to be packed all the time
henkita217 From Australia, joined Apr 2007, 286 posts, RR: 0 Reply 11, posted (1 year 3 months 3 weeks 2 days 20 hours ago) and read 1614 times:
Interesting airport and seeing heavy metal here is quite a common sight.
I will be in Bali in a few month's time and with the right camera equipment, I hope I will be able to do some spotting as well. There are many "newcomers" that flies to DPS. I use the term newcomers, because it will be new to me as I don't live in Bali. Would love to catch KLM B77W, QR, Transaero and the likes.
Last time I had to transit here, I saw China Airlines and Japan Airlines sending their B744. I recall seeing EVA Air B77W.
On top of that, GA also use DPS as a hub to Australian destination like Sydney, Melbourne, Perth etc. So you can expect a variety of A330's here.
Viscount724 From Switzerland, joined Oct 2006, 21488 posts, RR: 24 Reply 12, posted (1 year 3 months 3 weeks 2 days 16 hours ago) and read 1584 times:
Quoting LH7478i (Thread starter): I think i read something about a KLM tag-on and a Pan Am stop on it's way to HKG (?).
A Pan Am 707 crashed approaching DPS from HKG in April 1974, killing all 107 aboard. The flight was operating HKG-DPS-SYD. The flight number (PA812) then continued SYD-HNL-LAX (also a stop at NAN some days) but not sure if it was the same aircraft as the 747 was then being used on some SYD-U.S. flights. At that time I think there were 4 Pan Am 707 flights a week HKG-SYD. One stopped at DPS and the other 3 at Jakarta. (That's based on an April 1973 timetable; it may have changed slightly by April 1974.)
roberts87 From Netherlands, joined Dec 2011, 660 posts, RR: 0 Reply 13, posted (1 year 3 months 3 weeks 1 day 3 hours ago) and read 1501 times:
Yeah, there is some nice widebody action at DPS.
If you're also looking for a hotel near the airport, I stayed at the Taman Tirta Ayu Pool & Mansion. Affordable, comfortable rooms with nice amenities, swimming pool, breakfast include and 5 minutes walking from the aiport, and 10 mins walking from the beach with good views of landing/taking off aircrafts.
airbuseric From Netherlands, joined Jan 2005, 4015 posts, RR: 52 Reply 15, posted (1 year 3 months 3 weeks 1 day 3 hours ago) and read 1490 times:
Quoting LH7478i (Reply 14): I will be staying in Sanur for most of the time. Do I get to see some birds climbing out there ?
On the beach you can see the planes approaching/turning in for finals to DPS.
When departing in east direction, a part of the traffic will climb out directly over Sanur when traffic is e.g. Java, KUL/SIN/Europe bound.
Taxi from Sanur to Airport is 100,000 Rupiah flat rate. In calm traffic, I advise to use a meter-taxi, which will do it for about 60,000 Rupiah.
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