Garuda restricts smokers

Garuda restricts smokers

JAKARTA (JP): The national flag carrier Garuda Indonesia will
extend its non-smoking flights to include services to and from
Taiwan, Hong Kong and the United States from Jan. 26.

The company announced yesterday that all domestic flights
became non-smoking on Dec. 1. along with flights to other
Southeast Asian countries, Australia and New Zealand.

Garuda will also restrict smoking on long-haul services
including those to Europe, Japan, China and Saudi Arabia.

"Based on the memorandum of the World Health Organization, the
Orient Airlines Association and the International Civil Aviation
Organization, Garuda's first and business classes and 80 percent
of the economy class will be smoke-free on the flights to Europe,
Japan, China and Saudi Arabia," a company statement said. (icn)