GARUDA INDONESIA WANTS TO STRENGTHEN ITS PRESENCE ON ITS DOMESTIC MARKET
Jakarta,Indonesia - National flag carrier Garuda Indonesia is ready to invest up to IDR 37.5 trillion (US$ 3.9 billion) between 2012 and 2015 to acquire new aircraft and expand its various domestic hubs in Indonesia in a bid to compete more efficiently with domestic budget carriers such as Lion Air, Mandala or Batavia.
The sum would be allocated to further densify the number of flights from its current hubs in Jakarta, Denpasar and Makassar, to open two new hubs in Medan and Balikpapan (Indonesian Borneo) as well as putting new aircraft in service.
Talking to Indonesian media, Garuda President Director Emirsyah Satar said the five hubs were expected to better connect regions within Indonesia’s six economic corridors, namely Java, Sumatra, Bali-Nusa Tenggara, Sulawesi and Papua-Maluku.
Jakarta and Denpasar will also continue to be international gateways for Garuda with a wide range of connections to domestic destinations. “With the hubs, we expect to be able to serve around 1,000 flights per day from [the current] 390 flights per day,” Emirsyah explained last week.
18/09/2012 : Luc Citrinot / Travel Daily News.
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