In Reply to: flights Jakarta-Ambon posted by erin k on Wednesday, 8. August 2007 at 05:48 Bali Time:
is the capital of Sulawesi, it is the stop over point for many flights to Ambon. Therefore local airlines will have flights from Jakarta to Makassar and then Makassar to Ambon but never list them as Jakarta to Ambon.
Just to confuse the issue further, a number of flights go Jakarta, Surabaya, Makassar, Ambon.
Check out Garuda or Lion for getting to Makassar and Lion, Merpati, Air Efata, Transair or Mandala to go from Makassar to Ambon. I believe that Adam Air did the same route but I am not sure what has happened with them.
You will find it hard to book more than a month in advance due to the constantly changing prices. They are up and down like a prostitutes underwear.
I realise that you did not ask this particular question but there are also daily flights from Bali to Makassar at a cost varying between 700,000rp and 900,000rp.
Pattimura in Ambon is abbreviated as (AMQ) and Makassar is (UPG)