Garuda working on routes JAL
Company Info February 12th, 2010
The failure of Japanese airlines, Japan Airlines (JAL), the profit for Garuda Indonesia. This state-owned airline will replace the route that will be left JAL, namely Jakarta-Tokyo pp.
“We started flying from Jakarta to Tokyo, before Garuda also
already operating a route Jakarta-Denpasar-Tokyo. Hopefully the target load factor of this new route could reach more than 80 percent, “said President Director of Garuda Emirsyah Satar in Jakarta last week.
Up to now JAL still operates Tokyo-Jakarta route. However, with bankruptcy, the airline is owned by the Japanese government will reduce the number of its fleet, including Boeing 747 aircraft that will be face out.
During this international passengers flying JAL, including for
Jakarta-Tokyo route by plane. Later, the airline will only serve domestic routes.
According to the Emir, to serve the flight route, Garuda will use Airbus 330-200 aircraft. Wide-body aircraft has a capacity of nearly 300 passengers.
In addition to these routes, this year Garuda will also fly to Europe that the plan made at the beginning of the second semester-2010.
