Garuda, Silk Air sign deal

Garuda, Silk Air sign deal

JAKARTA (JP): The Garuda Maintenance Facility, owned by
Indonesia's flag carrier Garuda Indonesia, has agreed to help
maintain Silk Air's B-737 aircraft flying to Jakarta,
Ujungpandang and Manado.

According to an agreement signed on Saturday, the facility's
services will include transit and night-stop checks on the
Singaporean company's aircraft which stop over at Jakarta's
Soekarno-Hatta airport, Manado's Sam Ratulangi airport in North
Sulawesi, and Ujungpandang's Hasanuddin airport in South
Sulawesi.

The services were previously conducted by Singapore Airlines
technicians.

The agreement was signed by the head of Garuda's maintenance
division, M. Supriyadi, and the manager of Silk Air Indonesia,
Daniel Tan.

Silk Air presently flies 26 times a week to Indonesia, of
which 21 land in Jakarta, two in Manado and three in
Ujungpandang.

Garuda's maintenance services meet the airworthiness standards
of the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore for overhauling,
reparation, modification and testing of certain aircraft engines
manufactured by General Electric and Garrett. (pwn)