Category Archives: Garuda Indonesia

Garuda Indonesia vows to only hire local pilots in the future

Garuda Indonesia Airways A330-243 PK-GPI (msn 1052) AMS (Ton Jochems), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.

Garuda Indonesia (Jakarta) is vowing to hire only local national pilots in the future according to this article by the Jakarta Globe. The airline is also freezing the compensation paid for foreign pilots. Foreign pilots make more money than the local pilots within Garuda.

The company agreed with the Garuda Pilot Association to not extend the contracts of foreign pilots. In addition, pilots will now be able to retire at age 56 rather than 60. In July 2011, about 650 local pilots from the Garuda Pilots Union (APG) launched a 24-hour strike over wage inequality between Indonesian and foreign pilots.

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Garuda Indonesia finalizes its order for 25 Airbus A320 Family aircraft

Garuda Indonesia Airways (Jakarta) has finalized an order with Airbus for the purchase of 25 A320 Family aircraft, firming up an MOU announced during the Paris Air Show in June. The order makes Garuda Indonesia a new A320 Family customer and covers 15 standard A320s and 10 A320neo aircraft for operation by the carrier’s low cost unit Citilink.

Image: Airbus. Citilink will introduce this new green version of Garuda’s livery with the introduction of these new aircraft.

The one day strike at Garuda ends early

Garuda Indonesia Airways Boeing 737-86N WL PK-GFO (msn 39403) HNL (Ivan K. Nishimura/Blue Wave Group) (new delivery), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.

Garuda Indonesia Airways’ (Jakarta) pilots went on a one-day strike today. However the strike ended early with a few flight delays, after a meeting between the firm and union leaders was brokered by the government according to this report by Reuters.

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Garuda Indonesia signs firm order for four Airbus A330-300s

Garuda Indonesia Airways A330-341 PK-GPC (msn 140) DPS (Michael B. Ing), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.

Garuda Indonesia Airways (Jakarta) today (July 1) has signed a new firm order for four A330-300s (correction, not Malaysia Airlines). The airline has chosen the latest 235 ton maximum take-off weight variant for long-haul services to all destinations to the Middle East, Asia and Pacific from its hubs in Jakarta and Denpasar. The airline will furthermore convert three previously ordered A330-200s into -300 versions.

Garuda Indonesia signs MOU for 25 Airbus A320s for Citilink

Garuda Indonesia (Jakarta) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Airbus for the purchase of 25 A320 Family aircraft, making the airline a new customer for the Airbus single aisle product line. The MOU covers 15 standard A320s followed by 10 A320neo aircraft for operation by the carrier’s domestic low cost unit Citilink, replacing its existing Boeing 737 fleet.

Image: Airbus.

Garuda introduces a new Boeing 737-800 retrojet

Garuda Indonesia Airways (Jakarta) took possession of new Boeing 737-8U3 PK-GFM (msn 39920) on January 14, 2011. The new airliner is painted in a retrojet color scheme.

The airline was established as Indonesian Airways on January 26, 1949. The first aircraft was a Douglas DC-3 named Seulawah (Acehnese: “Gold Mountain”). Ironically the first route was outside of Indonesia from Calcutta (now Kolkata) to Rangoon (now Yangon). The DC-3 could not fly direct to Indonesia at the time because the Dutch colony was still not independent.

Copyright Photo: M. Radzi Desa. PK-GFM prepares to land at Jakarta (Soekamo-Hatta) on January 29. This color scheme was introduced in 1961 when the first new Lockheed 188C Electras were delivered. The titles in this era were written as “Garuda Indonesian Airways”.

Garuda Indonesia to join SkyTeam in 2012

Garuda Indonesia Airways Airbus A330-341 PK-GPE (msn 148) ORY (Pepscl) (to join SkyTeam), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.

Garuda Indonesia Airways (Jakarta) is planning to join the SkyTeam alliance in 2012.

Garuda Indonesia orders six more Airbus A330-200s

Garuda Indonesia Airways (Jakarta) has placed a firm order with Airbus for six long range A330-200 aircraft. Scheduled for delivery from the fourth quarter of 2012, the newly ordered aircraft will join a fleet of four recently delivered leased A330-200s and six owned A330-300s already in service at the airline.