Garuda Indonesia: The Press Room

Garuda Indonesia, is currently Asia's fastest growing airline. With a strong presence throughout Asia and Australia, we are ensuring that we connect Indonesia to the rest of the world.
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With a fleet of modern Airbuses, we are getting younger everyday. We are ensuring that all of our passengers will have an unforgettable Indonesian Hospitality in all of our flights. We offer Audio and Video on Demand on all of our aircraft with hundreds of selections of Movies, TV shows, Videos and Games. In all of our flights we offer selection of meals from Indonesia cuisine, other Asian cuisine and Western Cuisine. We strongly recommend that passengers try our Indonesian Signature dish. Cooked by Indonesian renowned chef Mr. Bambang Kas.

Our Airbus AA321-200

Our Airbus A330-200

Through Mr Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, the President of Indonesia, we have full backup of the government to open any routes around the world.








Garuda Indonesia is currently the Official Airline of Visit Indonesia Year 2009 where we carry out promotions and we open routes to all Indonesia's tourism destinations.

Nice report! Found it very entertaining and informative! Well done!

Due to the eid dul fitri seasons, Garuda Indonesia is operating 1000 extra flights throughout the week. Which most of them are domestic routes.
We would like to wish a heppy Eid'ul Fitri to everyone celebrating it. and happy holidays for all Indonesian.



In addition to that, Garuda has signed a deal for the first time with Boeing Inc. An aircraft manufacturer from the US with 1 Boeing 777-200ER. The 772ER has a seating capacity of 440 passengers. Like all of our other aircrafts, the 7772ER will be equip with Audio and Video On Demand(AVOD) in all seats with a 9" touchscreen LCD for the economy class and a 15" touchscreen LCD on the Executive class.
The seating plan is as such:

A321 and A319 business class:

Economy class



A330-200 in Sydney

Business class

Welcome Drink and Snacks

Flight Attendance

Appetizers

Selection of Entree

Entree

Flight Deck

Economy Class

President SBY, First Lady Ani Yudhoyono and Garuda CEO Emirsyah Satar

Our future plans include purchase of the Boeing 777-300ER to accommodate high density long haul routes:

And maybe the A380-800

We have previously operated these aircrafts:
Airbus A300
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Airbus A330-300(we are considering purchasing new ones)
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Boeing B747-100,-200,-300,-400
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Boeing 737Classics
-300
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-500
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Boeing 737NG(-800)
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Douglas DC-8
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Fokker F-28
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MD-11
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DC-10
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We are currently serving 112 cities with a total of 252 routes.


We are prepared to expand more on Europe-Middle East-Indonesia, Central America-North America-East Asia-Indonesia-Australasia and many more.

Garuda Indonesia Cabin Crew Uniforms Through the Years


Airline cabin crew members are in a unique profession. On the one hand, they serve as hosts and hostesses on behalf of the airline, providing service to the passengers. At the same time, they are responsible for ensuring the passengers, safety and comfort during the flight.

Before they fly, prospective cabin crew members undergo six months of pre-flight training, including in-flight service simulation, flight safety, knowledge about first aid and law, service aspects, social etiquette, and Poise and Grace. Their future training is determined by the course of their careers as cabin crew members.

Helen E. McLaughlin, in her book ‘Footsteps in The Sky’ (1994), states that the cabin crew profession emerged from the need for on-board medical personnel during World Wars I and II, when many injured troops were transported by air and needed care during the flights.

In their work, the cabin crew wears special uniforms. The first Garuda Indonesia cabin crew uniform had a very military look, with military-style caps (which folded) and clothing made of drill
The uniform comprised a white blouse and a skirt, with a cream-colored 1940s-style cap. This uniform was used into the 1970s. The next uniform used was orange, matching the livery (logo and colour scheme) of the Garuda Indonesia aircraft at that time.

This uniform underwent various changes and adjustments to keep up with the current fashion trends. The variations included a cream-coloured blouse with an orange sheath skirt and a round hat; then two different uniforms were used concurrently, one primarily cream and the other mainly orange; then a uniform with a cream background with a light blue and light yellow zigzag pattern. This series of uniforms was used until 1986.

In 1986, the Garuda Indonesia aircraft livery was changed to dark blue, and the cabin crew uniforms changed to match this new colour scheme. This basic uniform is still in use. The accompanying pictures should take long-time Garuda Indonesia passengers on a trip down memory lane.

Garuda has expanded its route map in Japan with routes to:
Osaka

Fukuoka

Nagoya

and Okinawa

All of the 4 cities are served with daily flights from Incheon and Taipei using the A321-200s.

Previous to that, we have just opened routes to:
Los Angeles


Chicago

New Jersey

San Fransisco

and Honolulu


There is a daily flight between Incheon and Los Angeles and San Fransisco using the A330-200. A domestic flight between San Fransisco-Los Angeles, San Fransisco and Los Angeles-Honolulu
Daily flight between Barcelona to Newark(New Jersey) and New York is also available using the A330-200. Flights between Newark-New York and Chicago is also available.

In the short run, we will open routes between Taipei and Seoul to Australia and New Zealand. We will also add up more European routes. Currently we serve: Barcelona, Amsterdam, Madrid, Paris, Brussels, Vienna, Frankfurt and Munich. Currently, most of the flights to Europe is opera]ted via Dubai with connections to all parts of Asia. Africans routes are also being planned. Currently we only serve Cairo with daily flight to Dubai and Barcelona.


our new headquarter in Jakarta.

Following our commitment to support the Visit Indonesia programe by the government, we have launched some holiday packages around the country. Few of the highlights are:
5D4N Bali.
enjoy the best resort island in the world in 5D4N in the award winning Four Seasons hotel Bali.



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Price $3000 per person inclusive flight to Bali from Singapore/Taipei/Dubai/Incheon/Jakarta/Sydney

3D2N Surabaya
Visit Indonesia's second largest city with a stay at Grand Hyatt Surabaya. Visit Asia's longest bridge, Suramadu, South East Asia's largest zoo, neighboring island of Madura where the Bull race is held, Indonesia's best volcano, mount Bromo and large shopping malls







Grand Hyatt



Price $1500 per person inclusive flight to Surabaya from Jakrta/Sngapore/Delhi/Melbourne/Tokyo

Other packages include:
Jakarta

Manado

Makssar

Padang

Jogjakarta

and Lombok


Contact your local travel agent as soon as possible. Offer is for the month of December-January only.


Our latest domestic routes:
Kendari
Mataram
Lampung
Solo
Malang
Tarakan
and Jayapura

all flights are served from Jakarta with the Airbus A319 except for Malng which is served using the ATR72-200 due to the short runway.

We have just made two cities as our latest destination. It is Dalian in China and Kagoshima in Japan. Both cities are served by daily flights from Incheon and Taiper
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Kagoshima


One of our destination, Balikpapan in Kalimantan(Borneo)

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Online check in is currently available for all Indonesian domestic routes. The feature enables passenger to check in 48 hours prior to departure with the advantage of choosing the desired seat.
We are testing our system and will apply the system to all of our route as soon as possible.
Currently we have a few ways of passengers to check in. The traditional check-in counter

Phone check in

Online check in
and City Check in.

Garuda is proud to announce that we are currently the 2nd largest airline in Asia and keeps growing. We are worlds 20th largest airline.

A few days ago President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, SBY departed Indonesia for Pennsylvania where he would be attending the G-20 conference. SBY left Jakarta with our Airbus A330-200 taking the route of Jakarta-Tokyo-Seattle-Pennsylvania.

In the G20, SBY will be the lead speaker on the climate change topic. After the G20 conference, he will travel to Boston where he will give a speech in Harvard University on Indonesia.

SBY leaving with Vice President Kalla taking him off.

Dr. Yudhoyono and Mrs. Ani Yudhoyono

Minutes after Dr Yudhoyono step inboard Presidential Airbus A330-200 PK-GPE



Just arrived in Pittsburg

President Dr Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and President Barrack Obama

President SBY and Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva