Garuda Indonesia Colours Magazine August 2015 | Page 4

2 Salam Garuda Indonesia SALAM GARUDA INDONESIA M. Arif Wibowo President & CEO PT Garuda Indonesia (Persero) Tbk. Dear Valued Customers, First of all I would like to welcome you aboard and I hope you enjoy your flight today with Garuda Indonesia. August 17 marks a truly historic day for Indonesia. So in honour of this day, let me first take the time on behalf of everyone here at Garuda Indonesia to say Happy Independence Day. implement national flights for hajj pilgrims across indonesia to reach the Holy Land. In implementing flights for the 2015/1436 hajj season, we are prepared to fly more than 83 thousand hajj pilgrims to the Holy Land through nine embarkation points: Balikpapan, Banda Aceh, Banjarmasin, Jakarta, Lombok, Makassar, Medan, Padang and Solo. Through this opportunity, I would like to share exciting information regarding our continuous domestic and international flight network expansion programme. Following the successful launch of our Amsterdam flights, we are thrilled to have increased the flight frequency of our Jakarta–Amsterdam route from 5 weekly flights to 6 weekly flights, effective from July 22, 2015. The increased frequency reflects the efforts of Garuda Indonesia to meet increasing market demand, and to strengthen our international market share, particularly in Europe. To conduct the hajj flights, we will use a fleet of 11 aircraft comprised of six Airbus 330-300 aircraft, four Boeing 747-400 aircraft and one Boeing 777-300ER. Our direct Jakarta–Amsterdam route is currently the fastest flight from Indonesia to Europe, and the long-haul flight gives our passengers the opportunity to truly savour the Garuda Indonesia Experience, which captivates the five senses and highlights Indonesia’s unique hospitality and richly diverse culture. It is our hope that every concerted effort that we put forward will satisfy the expectations of all of our valued customers throughout their journey. Meanwhile, as we’ve carried out in previous years, starting on August 21 we will begin to Additionally, as a special service for hajj pilgrims, this time all hajj flights will be staffed by cabin crew that we have recruited from each embarkation point, so that our cabin crew can help passengers overcome any language barriers in consideration of many pilgrims who only communicate using their local dialect. Lastly, once again we thank all of you for your continued trust and loyalty in always choosing to fly with Garuda Indonesia.