Garuda's expansion plan has 1995 deadline<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Garuda Indonesia, the national flag carrier, has
\nbeen given until the end of the year to increase the number of
\nits domestic routes, a company spokesman said yesterday.<\/p>\n
Jansius Siahaan said that Garuda will lose its license to
\nexpand its domestic services if it fails to meet the deadline.<\/p>\n
He said that the airline plans to introduce seven flights per
\nweek between Jakarta and Pontianak in West Kalimantan, and
\nbetween Pekanbaru in Riau and Ampenan in West Nusa Tenggara.<\/p>\n
\"The new domestic services must be commenced by December. The
\ngovernment will cancel our expansion license if we fail to start
\nthe services on schedule,\" Siahaan said.<\/p>\n
Under the license, issued earlier this year, Garuda is
\npermitted to expand its domestic services to cover 32 domestic
\ndestinations.<\/p>\n
Garuda currently serves 15 domestic destinations from Jakarta:
\nBanda Aceh, Aceh; Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan; Balikpapan,
\nSouth Kalimantan; Batam, Riau; Biak and Jayapura, Irian Jaya;
\nDenpasar, Bali; Yogyakarta; Medan, North Sumatra; Padang, West
\nSumatra; Palembang, South Sumatra; Manado, North Sulawesi;
\nUjungpandang, South Sulawesi; Surakarta, Central Java; and
\nSurabaya, East Java.<\/p>\n
Siahaan acknowledged that Garuda does not currently have
\nenough aircraft to provide the planned new services. \"We are
\npresently still preparing narrow-bodied aircraft for the new
\nservices.\"<\/p>\n
\"We have handed over all of our Fokker F-28s to Garuda's
\nsubsidiary, Merpati Airlines, so now we are preparing additional
\nnarrow-bodied aircraft for the planned domestic routes,\" Siahaan
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
Last year, Garuda handed over a total of 17 aging F-28s to
\nMerpati Airlines and two other similar aircraft to the Air Force.
\nGaruda currently operates a fleet of 55 aircraft, consisting of
\nthree Boeing B747-400s, six B747-200s, 10 Airbus A300-600s, nine
\nA300-B4s, six MD-11s, six DC-10-30s, eight B737-300s and seven
\nB737-400s.<\/p>\n
The flag carrier, which flies to 34 international
\ndestinations, will revamp several of its flight schedules to
\nEurope and the United States between Oct. 28 and March 30, 1996.
\n(icn)<\/p>",
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