With effect from 19 February, Garuda Indonesia (Garuda) will now fly three times daily between Kuala Lumpur
and Jakarta from the present two daily flights.
To welcome Garuda’s inaugural third flight GA816to KLIA, Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB) managing director Tan Sri Bashir Ahmad and Garuda Indonesia president and chief executive officer Bapak Emirsyah Satar were at gate C2 to receive the arriving passengers with welcome gifts. (Picture Right)
Also present at the ceremony were Indonesia Youth & Sports Minister Dr. Andi Alifian Mallarangeng, Indonesia's Social and Culture Minister Suryana Sastra Diredja and Garuda executive vice-president of marketing and sales Muhammad Arif Wibowo.
The arrival of inaugural flight GA 816 to KLIA
Welcome Speech by MAHB managing director Tan Sri Bashir Ahmad
Speech by Garuda Indonesia president and chief executive officer Emirsyah Satar
Dr Andi who was in Kuala Lumpur earlier to attend other functions said he was happy to see their national carrier Garuda actively playing their role. He added that last year there were five million passengers travelled between Malaysia and Indonesia by air. In view of the formation of the ASEAN Community by 2015, he sees the potential in bilateral growth in business travellers, tourism and youth and tourism sporting activities between the two countries.
MAHB managing director Tan Sri Bashir Ahmad presenting a coffee-table
book on KLIA to Indonesia Youth & Sports Minister Dr. Andi Alifian Mallarangeng. (Picture Right)
Garuda is a full-service network airline with its main hubs in Jakarta, Denpasar and Makassar that serves 31 domestic and 19 international destinations. For the Kuala Lumpur – Jakarta route, Garuda will be using the new Boeing 737-800NG with 12 business class seats and 150 for the economy class with in-flight facilities.
For Garuda’s daily flight schedule between Jakarta-Kuala Lumpur-Jakarta logon: www.garuda-indonesia.com
With Garuda's additional daily flight, now frequent flyers between Kuala Lumpur and Jakarta have more choices to choose the timing of their flights and thus making a day trip to Jakarta possible.
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