Mataram, NTB, Nov. 14 -- The airspace over West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) is expected to see increased air traffic with the opening of several new flight routes in the last few months.

These include the Lombok-Labuan Bajo, Lombok-Waingapu, and Lombok-Tambolaka routes, on top of the possible direct flights to Perth, Jeddah, and Turkey that are currently being explored.

Behind the busier activities at Zainuddin Abdul Madjid International Airport, or Lombok International Airport, lies great optimism that NTB is establishing itself as a new connectivity hub in Eastern Indonesia.

The launch of new routes is not merely about planes arriving and departing; it is a signal that NTB is expanding its economic reach.

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