xpressair (XAR, Makassar) has launched daily service from Batam to Pontianak on February 7 taking over one of the only routes bankrupt Batavia Air (Jakarta Soekarno-Hatta) had not served in competition with other Indonesian carriers already. Sriwijaya Air (SJ, Jakarta Soekarno-Hatta) has announced plans to take over the route from Yogyakarta Adisutjipto to Pontianak. Low-cost carriers Citilink (QG, Jakarta Soekarno-Hatta) and Mandala Airlines (Jakarta Soekarno-Hatta) are both planning to enter new markets where capacity was lost due to the market exit of Batavia but that are already served by other carriers.