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NEW INDONESIAN AIRLINE GROUP LAUNCHED

This week, a new airline group has be born with the aim of being Indonesia's primary choice for travel. Aero Garuda and its "Garuda Connect" regional subsidiary has today commenced operations from Indonesia's capital Jakarta.

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Aero Garuda is the primary airline of the group, with big ambitions to provide worldwide connections to/from rapidly expanding Indonesian population. The airline currently operates the following fleet of 10 aircraft.

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All but one of the aircraft are based in Jakarta, operating the following services

Jakarta - Balikpapan 6xDaily

Jakarta - Denpasar 6xDaily

Jakarta - Medan 3xDaily

Jakarta - Padang Daily

Jakarta - Palembang 2xDaily

Jakarta - Pekanbaru Daily  

Jakarta - Surabaya 5xDaily

Jakarta - Makassar 2xDaily

Jakarta - Yogyakarta 3xDaily

As can be seen the aim is to serve these trunk routes with very high frequency services in addition to more and more destinations in the country.

A single aircraft is at a second base in the East Javan city of Surabaya. The aim is for it along with Makassar to be our gateway to Eastern Indonesia. Currently we operate

Surabaya - Denpasar 3xDaily

Surabaya - Makassar 2xDaily

Surabaya - Jakarta 5xDaily

We will look to be focus on rapid expansion in the domestic market for pursuing international routes. The aim is to have bases all over the country in which to provide services from. Currently our customers have a plethora international connections thanks to our close interlining partners:

Asia World Airways Central Air China Pearl European Connect Airways FLY MACAU Garuda Connect

Global United

 

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Garuda Connect, the airline's island regional subsidiary was established due to the fact the majority of airports across the country have runways that are unable to handle jets.

Currently a fleet of 5 aircraft including 3 ATR72-600 and 2 CRJ (900 and 1000) jets operate 13 routes from 3 bases at Jakarta, Surabaya and Medan. Routes are as follows:

Jakarta

Banda Aceh 2xDaily CR9/CRK mix 

Bandar Lampung 2xDaily ATR

Bandung 3xDaily ATR

Depati Amir Daily AT7

Kupang Daily CRK

Malang Daily CR9

Palangkaraya Daily AT7

Pangkalanbun Daily AT7

Solo City 2xDaily CRJ mix

Medan

Banda Aceh Daily AT7

Batam Daily AT7

Depati Amir Daily AT7

Surabaya

Solo City Daily CRK

Garuda Connect will have many bases throughout the country as it will service cities in regional areas on nearby routes

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TWO NEW ROUTES LAUNCHED

Today, with arrival of 3 more McDonnell Douglas MD83, fast growing Jakarta based airline Aero Garuda has launched services to two brand new cities - Banjarmasin and Manado. Banjarmasin is the second largest airport on the island of Kalimantan - giving our customers even greater access to this beautiful island. The daily morning service offers connection to around 5 destinations across our network.

Manado is our second destination in Sulawesi and gives access to the more northern areas of the region.

In addition to this we have increased on the following routes:

Jakarta - Balikpapan Service increases from 6 to 7 times daily

Jakarta - Denpasar Service increases from 6 to 7 times daily

Jakarta - Padang Service increases from 1 to 2xDaily

Jakarta - Pekanbaru service increases from 1 to 2xDaily

Jakarta - Surabaya Service increased from 5 to 7 times daily

Jakarta - Makassar Service increases from 2 to 3xDaily

This now means we now 266 weekly departures from Jakarta, with even more to come once more aircraft are acquired.

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DENPASAR BASE LAUNCHED

Today, with the addition of our FOURTEENTH MD80 series aircraft, fast growing Jakarta based airline Aero Garuda has announced the commencement of it's Third base with Bali's Ngurah Rai International Airport. The gateway to the Nusa Tenggara region Denpasar enables us to launch even betting access to this stunning part of the world.

In addition to our current 7 Daily flights to Jakarta and 3 to Surabaya, we now serve Balikpapan and Makassar both with twice daily services. These 14 daily flights now make us one of the largest airlines operating to the airport. Regional subsidiary Garuda Connect will also soon operate services from the airport to feed onto our main trunk routes to the smaller islands.

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INTERNATIONAL SERVICES LAUNCHED

This week, fast growing Indonesian airline Aero Garuda has announced plans to start international services, with Australia being it's first target.

On this decision the CEO said "Many people think it is a strange decision to launch services to Australia as opposed to Singapore or Malaysia. However we feel those markets are already extensively covered by our Interline agreements for the time being. That's not to say however we will not foray into those markets in the future."

Western Australia's Perth international Airport has been chosen as the first destination. The daily red eye service is perfectly timed for connections from our many Indonesian destinations. The early morning arrival also offer a number of onward connections on IL partner Global United. The Australian major has a huge Pan-Australian network which we will look to tap into when we expand further.

Schedule is as follows

GA701 CGK2300 - 0405+1PER M83 D

GA702 PER0745 - 1050CGK M83 D

LARGE INCREASE IN DOMESTIC SERVICES

In addition to the new international route. Aero Garuda has also seen an significant increase in domestic services. With frequency increases on many routes as well as a brand new services to Batam. Our operational changes are as follows:

Jakarta - Batam NEW 1 times daily service

Jakarta - Denpasar Service increased from 7 to 8 times daily

Jakarta - Manado Service increased from 1 to  2 times daily

Jakarta - Medan Service increased from 3 to 4 times daily

Jakarta - Palembang Service increased from 2 to 3 times Daily

Jakarta - Makassar Service increased from 3 to 5 times daily

We now operate 322 weekly departures from CGK making the airline the 3rd largest Indonesian carrier operating there.

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THIRD BASE LAUNCHED

With the addition of a FOURTH ATR72-600 aircraft, regional subsidiary Garuda Connect has announced the launch of it's third operating base, this time in the eastern region's Makassar international airport. The gateway to the Sulawesi region the airport offers excellent facilities and is surrounded by many islands to serve. Currently the ATR based there operates the following routes:

Ambon Daily

Kupang Daily

Palu 2 times daily

The routes are in addition the 9 Daily services parent airline Aero Garuda operates there to Jakarta, Surabaya and Denpasar. The aim will be to connect the lower demand markets which are deemed too small for mainline as well as the many airports to small for jet service.

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NEW AIRCRAFT TYPE INTRODUCED

Today, fast growing Indonesian airline Aero Garuda have introduced a new aircraft to it's fleet - the Boeing 757-200. The aircraft is configured with 162 Economy Traveller and 25 Business Premier seats and is being used to start our upcoming first international route between our Jakarta hub and Perth, Australia.

This acquisition has come as a result of a huge uptake of initial bookings on the route meaning a need for a larger plane was required. This has enabled us to DOUBLE are services straight away to Perth by using the MD80 the 757 has replaced to start a daily service from Denpasar to Perth. Jakarta will be heavily utilised with transit traffic from our current network whilst the Denpasar route will mainly consist of O&D traffic.

We are already looking to acquire a 2nd B757 with which to start further services to Australia (From both Denpasar and Jakarta) as well as starting our first Asian international routes. However we will not forget about the huge growth potential in our domestic services also.

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AERO GARUDA LAUNCHES SYDNEY SERVICE

A matter of hours after the recent announcement, the rumours regarding increased Australia services has been confirmed. Jakarta based Aero Garuda has announced it has struck a deal to acquire a SECOND B757-200. The 187 seater aircraft is enabling the airline to starting a second destination in Australia  - SYDNEY.

The New South Wales City will be starting off with 5xWeekly flights to Jakarta as well as 2 to Denpasar. Eastbound the Red eye flights offer seamless connections from Indonesia as well as connections to the vast Global United network. The return westbound flight arrive in the evening so to connect to the evening domestic departure bank.

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EVEN MORE DOMESTIC SERVICES AVAILABLE

In other news, the airline has acquired its EIGHTEENTH MD80 series aircraft. It will be stationed at the main hub Jakarta and is adding a daily flight each to Balikpapan (8th Daily), Batam and Banjarmasin (Both 2nd Daily).

These new routes and increases mean 348 weekly departures are offered from Jakarta and 128 from Denpasar. Further increases will be coming so watch this space.....

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MASSIVE EXPANSION LAUNCHED

This week, with the addition of no less than SEVEN new aircraft. Rapidly growing airline Aero Garuda has embarked on domestic and international expansion. Five MD80s and 2 more Boeing 757s have been acquired, with all but two MD80s based at Jakarta.

THREE NEW INTERNATIONAL DESTINATIONS LAUNCHED

Within a matter of days we have significantly increased our footprint within South East Asia with the addition of 3 new markets - Singapore, Hong Kong and Kuala Lumpur. All 3 markets will now get to experience our world class service and standards, as well as the efficiency of our hub operation in Jakarta. Each route is perfectly timed to connect to/from our ever growing domestic network, as well as to our Australian routes.

Schedule as follows:

Jakarta - Hong Kong NEW Daily Service

GA301 CGK2140 - 0250HKG 757 D

GA302 HKG0420 - 0730CGK 757 D

Jakarta - Kuala Lumpur NEW Twice Daily service

GA313 CGK1455 - 1740KUL 757 D

GA311 CGK2110 - 2350KUL 757 D

GA312 KUL0355 - 0440CGK 757 D

GA314 KUL1855 - 1940CGK 757 D

Jakarta - Singapore NEW Daily service

GA401 CGK0845 - 1115SIN M80 D

GA402 SIN1230 - 1300CGK M80 D

This now means we offer over 12,000 international seats per week to/from Jakarta, we want to triple than in the coming weeks.

DOMESTIC EXPANSION CONTINUES

International expansion was not the only focus this week. New routes have been started to Mataram, Pontianak and Semarang as well as frequency increases on SEVEN other routes. In addition, 2 MD80s have been based at our Denpasar hub. This has been done to better improve connectivity on to our Australian services.

Operational changes as follows:

Jakarta - Balikpapan Service increased from 8 to 9 times Daily M80/757 mix

Jakarta - Batam Service increased from 2 to 3 times Daily

Jakarta - Denpasar Service increased from 8 to 9 times Daily

Jakarta - Manado Service increased from 2 to 3 times Daily

Jakarta - Mataram NEW Daily service

Jakarta - Medan Service increased from 4 to 5 times Daily

Jakarta - Padang Service increased from 2 to 3 times Daily

Jakarta - Pontianak NEW 2 times Daily service

Jakarta - Semarang NEW 2 times Daily service

Jakarta - Yogyakarta Service increased from 3 to 5 times Daily

Denpasar - Balikpapan Service increased from 3 to 4 times Daily

Denpasar - Jakarta Service increased from 8 to 9 times Daily

Denpasar - Mataram NEW Daily service

Denpasar - Medan Service increased from 1 to 2 times Daily

Denpasar - Palembang NEW Daily service

Denpasar - Yogyakarta NEW Twice Daily service

These increases now mean we have 466 weekly departures from CGK and 177 from DPS - Now the 2nd largest carriers at both airports. More expansion will be happening very shortly so watch this space....

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FIFTH ATR ACQUIRED

Regional subsidiary Garuda Connect has also expanded its operations this week with the addition of a FIFTH ATR. This is being based at it's Jakarta base to expand services there. A new route has started to the Sumatran destination of Bengkulu as well as an extra daily flight to Malang and Pangkalanbun.

This makes 119 the number of weekly flights we have from Jakarta.

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INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING LAUNCHED

Today is a monumental date in the history of the Garuda Group of airlines as the subsidiaries Aero Garuda and Garuda Connect go public.

2 of Asia's fastest growing airlines are now available to buy shares in. Strike now whilst the iron is hot

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Please note that using real life logos (even parts of them) is not allowed.

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INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERINGS SUCCESSFUL

This week, the Garuda Group of airlines is delighted to announce that it's two subsidiaries Aero Garuda and Garuda Connect had very successful IPOs. This raised a fair amount of funds to embark on huge expansion

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ASTRONOMICAL EXPANSION ANNOUNCED

This week, thanks to the previously announced successful IPO. Rapidly growing Jakarta based airline Aero Garuda has acquired no less than ELEVEN more aircraft!!! We have acquired a brand new aircraft type to the fleet, started services to FOUR NEW COUNTRIES, opened TWO ADDITIONAL BASES as well as new routes to Australia and Malaysia.

FIRST WIDEBODYAIRCRAFT ACQUIRED

A significant milestone has been achieved by the airline with the acquisition of it's first widebodied aircraft - The Airbus A330-200. The aircraft is configured with 200 Economy Traveller and 36 Business Premier seats. The aircraft bosts superior range over the B757 to enable us a much broader network possibilities. The aircraft is being used on a Daily service connecting Tokyo's Haneda International airport. The route is perfectly timed to connect onto a multitude of domestic destinations as well as our new and expanded Australian services.

HUGE INTERNATIONAL EXPANSION

With FOUR more B757s and SIX MD80s joining the fleet we have started no less than NINE NEW ROUTES as well as frequency expansion on other routes. We have started new services to India, China, Macau and Thailand, Added a SECOND route to Malaysia on top of TWO NEW ROUTES to Australia.

The operational changes internationally are as follows:

Jakarta - Bangkok NEW daily MD80 service

Jakarta - Brisbane NEW Five times weekly B757 service

Jakarta - Chennai NEW Four times weekly B757 service

Jakarta - Kota Kinabalu NEW Three times weekly B757 service

Jakarta - Kuala Lumpur Service increased from 2 to FOUR TIMES DAILY

Jakarta - Macau NEW Three times weekly B757 service

Jakarta - Melbourne NEW Daily service

Jakarta - Singapore Service increased from 1 to 2xDaily EQV

Jakarta - Tokyo/HND NEW Daily A330 service

Denpasar - Kula Lumpur NEW Daily M80 service

Denpasar - Singapore NEW Daily M80 service

Also services are seamlessly connected to/from our growing domestic network, aswell as on the Asia-Australia flow.

TWO NEW DOMESTIC BASES ESTABLISHED

WIth a strong focus on international expansion, we were keen not to forget our domestic networks. To be a truly Pan-Indonesian airline the airline is pleased to announce the establishment of its FOURTH AND FIFTH bases at Medan and Unjung Pandang/Makassar. Being our first bases on the respective islands of Sumatra and Sulawesi, it further strengthens the network, making it easier for customers in the regions to connect. Each base has received a single MD80 but will be joined by more aircraft further down the line.

New domestic changes are as follows:

Jakarta - Biak NEW Daily service

Jakarta - Medan Service increased from Five to Six times Daily

Jakarta - Pekanbaru Service increased from Two to Three times Daily

Jakarta - Semarang Service increased from Two to Three times Daily

Jakarta - Surabaya Service increased from 49 to 59 times weekly

Medan - Balikpapan NEW Daily service

Medan - Denpasar Service increased from Two to Three times Daily

Medan - Jakarta Service increased from Five to Six times Daily

Medan - Padang NEW Daily service

Medan - Makassar NEW Daily service

Makassar - Manado NEW Daily service

Makassar - Medan NEW Daily service

Makassar - Yogyakarta NEW Daily service

The status of our bases is as follows:

JAKARTA SOEKARNO HATTA (1122 weekly return flights) -

DENPASAR BALI (396 weekly return flights)

SURABAYA (198 weekly return flights)

MAKASSAR (180 weekly return flights)

MEDAN (168 weekly return flights)

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