Garuda receives award from Airbus

Garuda receives award from Airbus

JAKARTA: National flag-carrier Garuda Indonesia has received
an award from Europe aircraft maker Airbus Industrie for its
performance in operating A-330 aircraft.

Garuda said in a statement that the Operational Reliability
Award was delivered by Airbus vice president for A-330/A-340
program John Grother to Garuda's technical director Richard B.S.
here on Monday.

The "dispatch reliability" of six A-330 aircraft now being
operated by Garuda reached 98.58 percent in 2002, the company
said, adding this had contributed to the airline's punctuality.

Garuda has been operating the six aircraft since December
1996. It now uses the aircraft to serve regional destinations,
including Japan (Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, Fukuoka), Australia
(Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth, Melbourne, Sydney), China (Guangzhou,
Shanghai). -- JP