Garuda's passengers up 11%

Garuda's passengers up 11%

JAKARTA (JP): The number of passengers flying with Garuda Indonesia in the January to November period of last year was 4.58 million, rising by almost 11 percent from 4.14 million in the same period of 1994.

State-owned Garuda said in a statement here Saturday that around 75 percent of the passengers during the January-November period used domestic flights with the remaining 25 percent flying on international routes.

The growth rates of the passengers using Garuda's domestic and international flights, respectively, reached 11 percent and 7 percent during the period.

The airline said that it would further improve its ticketing system to accommodate the anticipated growth in the number of passengers this year. (hen)