Garuda, DAMRI to serve APEC

Garuda, DAMRI to serve APEC

The organizing committee of the Asia Pacific Economic
Cooperation (APEC) forum has signed an agreement with the
national flag carrier Garuda Indonesia to arrange the ground
handling and the technical maintenance of planes carrying foreign
delegates.

Under the agreement, Garuda will assign some of its
technicians and place special equipment at Soekarno-Hatta
international airport in Cengkareng, 20 kilometers west of here,
and Halim Perdanakusumah airport in East Jakarta.

The company will handle the arrival and departure arrangements
of all foreign delegates who will attend the summit to be held in
Bogor, West Java, and Jakarta from Nov. 8 to 16.

Garuda will also install 40 automatic reservation display
networks called Automatic Reservation Garuda Indonesia.

Meanwhile, the Operation Director of DAMRI, a state-owned bus
company, said that it will provide 30 air-conditioned buses for
participants of the meeting. (mas)