Biak-Honolulu route

Biak-Honolulu route

Last summer I wanted to make a trip from Irian Jaya to
Honolulu and back here to Irian Jaya. I struggled for several
weeks to finally get a seat on the Biak-Honolulu flight, but then
had to take a First Class rather than coach seat because
everything was full. In July when I wanted to return I had to
wait more than two weeks to get a seat back to Biak -- and then
was forced to pay a Business Class price rather than coach.

Clearly Garuda Indonesia is not capable of taking care of the
traffic it has from the United States to Irian Jaya and other
parts of Indonesia. Now that Garuda Indonesia has terminated its
Biak-Honolulu portion of the ticket, it demonstrates again how
unable it is to serve the need of passengers -- or to respond to
the central government's plan for tourism. Or is the theme:
"Let's go archipelago" for all of Indonesia except Irian Jaya? Is
there something wrong with this province? What should outsiders
not see or experience?

I would like to suggest to those in charge that they consider
giving this portion of Garuda Indonesia's route to another
carrier.

For the sake of the local economy, tourism and those of us who
make Irian Jaya our homes, this should be given serious
consideration.

FR. TRENKOSO

Agata, Irian Jaya