Garuda Indonesia Colours Magazine December 2015 | Page 6

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Salam Garuda Indonesia

SALAM

GARUDA INDONESIA
M. Arif Wibowo
President & CEO
PT Garuda Indonesia (Persero) Tbk.
Dear Valued Customers,
As we approach the end of 2015 and
welcome the arrival of the New Year 2016,
on behalf of the management and entire
staff of PT Garuda Indonesia (Persero) Tbk.,
please allow me to warmly wish those who
are celebrating, a joyous Christmas, and
also a prosperous New Year to all Garuda
Indonesia passengers.
On behalf of Garuda Indonesia, I would like
to take this opportunity to express our
deepest appreciation and gratitude to all of
our loyal customers. Because of your
continued support, coupled with our
‘Quick Wins’ programme – Garuda
Indonesia’s short-term strategy to prioritise
increased performance – as well as our strict
discipline on implementing cost efficiency
across the board from the start of 2015, we
were able to finish the third quarter of the
year on a high note, achieving various new
benchmarks in performance.
Garuda Indonesia Group (including
Citilink) successfully served 24.55 million
passengers from January to September 2015,
an increase of 17.5% compared to the
same period in 2014, with 20.89 million
passengers transported.
As a result of this and other performance
achievements, in the third quarter of 2015
Garuda Indonesia was also able to
successfully record a net profit (net income
year to date) of US$51.4 million, an increase

of 123.4% as compared to the same
period last year.
Meanwhile, Garuda Indonesia’s domestic
market share has been boosted to 44%
compared to 37% last year. Simultaneously
our international market share has also
grown significantly to 28% from January
to September of 2015 as compared to 22%
in the same period of the previous year.
We are also glad to share the news that
Garuda Indonesia was honoured to host
a high-level meeting of aviation industry
leaders, ‘The AAPA 59th Assembly of
Presidents’, which was held in Nusa Dua,
Bali from November 12 to 14, 2015.
‘The AAPA Assembly of Presidents’ is an
annual forum attended by the CEOs of
AAPA member airlines. There are currently
16 AAPA member airlines based in the
Asia Pacific region. During the meeting,
insightful discussions were held on the
matters and issues of most concern to the
development of the aviation industry from
a commercial and technical perspective,
as well as from a general global perspective.
Once again, I would like to thank all
our loyal customers for your trust and
loyalty in always choosing to fly with
Garuda Indonesia.