Garuda Indonesia
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Garuda Indonesia's logo.
Garuda Indonesia is an airline based in Indonesia. Garuda is the name of the mythical bird found on the national seal of the government of Indonesia.
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History
Garuda Indonesia traces its beginning to the late 1940s, when Indonesia was locked in a battle against the Dutch. At this time, Garuda flew special transports with DC-3 airplanes. January 26 of 1949 is generally recognized as the airline's birthday. At that time, the airline was known as Garuda Indonesian Airways. Their first plane was known as Seulawah or Gold Mountain. The airline kept performing in support of the Indonesian interests until the revolution against the Dutch was over.
The government of Burma helped the airline much during the airline's beginnings. Because of that, after the airline was incorporated as a company on March 31, 1950, the airline presented the Burmese government with a DC-3.
By 1953, the airline had 46 planes, but by 1955 their Catalinas were retired. In 1956 they made their first pilgrim flight to the city of Mecca.
The 1960s were times of great progress for the airline: In 1961, a route was opened to Kai Tak International Airport in Hong Kong and in 1965, the jet age arrived, with a DC-8 that was used to fly to Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam, Europe.
The 1970s brought over DC-9 equipment, while the 1980s brought over Airbus equipment such as the A300 and A300-600 as well as Boeing 737s, Boeing 747s, and McDonnell Douglas MD-11s.
In the 1990s, Garuda suffered plane crashes, and the airline went through a period of economical distress. However, the airline has favourably recovered from those problems and seems to be in good economic shape entering the middle 2000s.
Services
Asia
East Asia
- China, People's Republic of
- Guangzhou (Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport)
- Hong Kong (Hong Kong International Airport)
- Shanghai (Shanghai Pudong International Airport)
- Beijing (Since May 2005 via Singapore)
- Japan
- Fukuoka (Fukuoka Airport)(resumed on 3 March 2005 after being suspended since November 2000).
- Nagoya (Chubu Centrair International Airport)
- Osaka (Kansai International Airport)
- Tokyo (Narita International Airport)
- Korea, South
Southeast Asia
- Indonesia
- Ampenan (Selaparang Airport)
- Balikpapan (Sepinggan Airport)
- Banda Aceh (Blang Bintang Airport)
- Bandung (Husein Sastranegara Airport)
- Banjarmasin (Sjamsudin Noor Airport)
- Batam (Batam/Batu Besar Airport)
- Biak (Mokmer Airport)
- Denpasar (Ngurah Rai International Airport) Hub
- Jakarta (Soekarno-Hatta International Airport) Hub
- Jayapura (Sentani Airport)
- Yogyakarta (Adisucipto Airport)
- Makassar (Hasanuddin Airport)
- Manado (Samratulangi Airport)
- Medan (Polonia International Airport)
- Padang (Tabing Airport)
- Palembang (Mahmud Badaruddin Ii Airport)
- Pekanbaru (Sultan Syarif Kasim II Airport)
- Pontianak (Supadio Airport}
- Semarang (Achmad Uani Airport)
- Solo (Solo City - Adi Sumarmo Wiryokusumo)
- Surabaya (Juanda International Airport)
- Timika
- Malaysia
- Singapore
- Thailand
Southwest Asia
Europe
- Germany
- Frankfurt am Main (Frankfurt International Airport)(Terminated)
- Netherlands
- Amsterdam (Schiphol Airport)(Terminated)
- United Kingdom
- London (London Heathrow Airport)(Terminated)
- Flights to Europe operated through codeshare with Malaysia AIrlines
Oceania
Fleet
The Garuda Indonesia fleet consists of the following aircraft (at March 2005):
A large number of aircraft have been disposed of including 13 Airbus A300, 15 Boeing 737-300, 28 Boeing 747-200 and 12 McDonnell Douglas MD-11.
External Links
- Garuda Indonesia (http://www.garuda-indonesia.com/)
- Garuda Indonesia Fleet Detail (http://www.planemad.net/Airline/ID/Garuda_Indonesia_(GA_GIA)/Fleet.htm?show=all)
- Garuda Indonesia Passenger Opinions (http://www.airlinequality.com/Forum/garuda.htm)
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