Airlines battle over trans-Pacific routes
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Garuda Indonesia hasunveiled a new aircraft fleet, new in-flight product and a fresh corporateidentity to mark the start of the next phase of its planned transformation intoone of Asia’s most successful and profitableairlines.
The launch of the ‘Nature’s Wing’ livery on Garuda’s new Airbus A330-200and Boeing 737-800NG aircraft coincided with the opening of its newheadquarters near Jakarta’s Soekarno-Hatta Airport. Both events were aimed at symbolisingthe success the carrier’s transformation strategy.
Theintroduction of the A330-200s and Boeing 737-800NGs is part of a plan to morethan double the Garuda Indonesia fleet to 116 aircraft over the next fiveyears, based primarily on the B737-800NG on short- and medium-range servicesand the A330-200 for medium and long-haul routes. Garuda Indonesia will also introduce 10Boeing 777-300ERs on new ultra long-range flights starting in 2011 as itsinternational network expands. The number of international departures willincrease by more than 300% to 1,222 per week by 2014.
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