Garuda gets FAA license

Garuda gets FAA license

JAKARTA (JP): The Garuda Maintenance Facility (GMF), the
aircraft maintenance arm of flag carrier Garuda Indonesia, has
received prolonged recognition from the United State's Federal
Aviation Administration (FAA).

Garuda announced yesterday that the FAA had conducted a series
of evaluations on GMF's performance and the quality of its
employees, administration and equipment.

The certification recognizes the GMF's maintenance of Boeing
B-747-100 and B-747-300 jets, as well as McDonnell Douglas DC-9,
DC-10 and MD-11 jets.

The FAA's prolonged certification recognizes the airworthiness
of the maintenance facility's services, including the
overhauling, reassembling, modification, checking and testing of
engines made by General Electric, Rolls-Royce, Garrett Companies
and Pratt & Whitney.

The GMF has so far earned certifications from the Thai
Department of Aviation, the Civil Aviation Authority of
Singapore, the Indonesian Air Force, and the Directorate General
of Air Transportation. The facility expects to be soon recognized
by the Joint Aviation Authorities of Europe. (icn)