Let’s Fly Again Non-Stop to Europe with Garuda

Managing Director and CEO of Garuda Indonesia, Emirsyah Satar said that the airline is ready to fly once again to Europe. They’re preparing everything properly to start flying to Europe again. He stated this at the Indonesian bridge of London WTM, Wednesday.

The presence of Emirsyah Satar at the World Travel Market (WTM) which has been held at the Excel Building, London, since November 9, was to be one of the speakers at the event “Head to Head Airline” hosted by JLS Consulting. The seminar moderated by the Director of JLS Consulting, John Strickland discussed issues affecting the aviation business.

Before the discussion that took place at the North Gallery Room, Excel Building, London, Emirsyah Satar stated that Garuda Indonesia would start serving flights to Europe, especially to Amsterdam, in June 2010. According to him, Garuda has done various preparation since 9 months before the opening of the Jakarta-Amsterdam route.

The flight route offered by Garuda will use the 330-200 Airbus for Jakarta-Dubai-Amsterdam every day. “And when the Boeing 737-800 ordered by Garuda arrives, then the direct flight between Amsterdam and Jakarta won’t have to transit in Dubai anymore,” he said.

Garuda is also cooperating with KLM Airline for maintenance and repairs of Garuda airplanes in Amsterdam and vice versa. The people of The European Union recently retracted the flight ban for a number of Indonesian airlines, including Garuda Indonesia.