Garuda facility earns Singapore certificate

Garuda facility earns Singapore certificate

JAKARTA (JP): The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore
certified as airworthy yesterday the maintenance services of the
state-owned airline Garuda Indonesia.

The authority's certificate was handed over by its director
Wong Woon Liong to Garuda's president Soepandi in a ceremony at
the airline's maintenance center here.

Soepandi said the certification indicated that the operation
of Garuda's maintenance facility was of the quality required by
the Singapore Airworthiness Standards.

The certification recognizes the airworthiness of the
maintenance facility's services, including the overhauling,
reassembling, modification, checking and testing of CFM56-3 and
Garret TSCP 700/GTC85 engines made by General Electric of the
United States.

The recognition conferred by the certification also extends to
the maintenance of hydraulically-driven and pneumatically-driven
components, electrical and safety equipment and instruments.

Garuda Maintenance Facilities has serviced aircraft of World
Airways, AirLiberte Latur, Air Lebanon, GPA, Kuwait Air, Middle
East Airways, Sempati Air, Pelita Air Service, Gatari, Airfast,
Bouraq Indonesia Airlines, Merpati Nusantara Airlines, Indonesia
Air Transport and the Indonesian Air Force.

In November 1992, the facility received recognition from the
U.S. Federal Aviation Administration for its services in aircraft
component replacement and in the treatment, checking and
overhauling of Boeing B-747 and McDonnell Douglas DC-9 and DC-10
aircraft.

The 115-hectare facility is situated near the Soekarno-Hatta
airport. (32)