JAKARTA, INDONESIA - Indonesian flag carrier Garuda will reopen a route linking the resort island of Bali with the Japanese city of Nagoya next month, a spokesman for the airline said on Monday.

The route will be served three times a week using a 293-seater Airbus 330-300 starting on June 2, Pujobroto said. The flights would be on Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays.

The flight to Japan's fourth-largest city from Bali's capital city of Denpasar had been closed down by Garuda in mid-January 2007.

New market research showing strong demand for the route convinced the company to reopen the flight, Mr Pujobroto said.

Garuda currently flies a daily Tokyo-Jakarta-Denpasar route and five weekly flights from Osaka to Denpasar. -- APF