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