Garuda Indonesia Colours Magazine June 2014 | Page 10

8 Salam Garuda Indonesia SALAM GARUDA INDONESIA Emirsyah Satar President & CEO PT Garuda Indonesia (Persero) Tbk. Dear Valued Customers, First of all, we would like to warmly welcome and thank you all for flying with Garuda Indonesia today. I would like to take this opportunity to briefly share with you a glimpse of the latest exciting milestones which Garuda Indonesia has achieved so far, in line with our various ongoing development programs. appreciate and value receiving the recognition from such a world-class international institution and a respected panel of judges, including the Travel and Lifestyle Director of Elle magazine and www.elleuk.com, Susan Ward Davies, and the Head of Airline and Aerospace Travelers Syndicate Management, Simon Lee. Recently, as a result of our transformation program - particularly in terms of service enhancement, Garuda Indonesia was once again recognized with the awarding of more international awards, this time for our First Class service, which we reintroduced around ten months ago on selected flights. Meanwhile, as we carry forward the momentum which we have gained from joining the global airline alliance, SkyTeam, beginning May 2014 we have introduced non-stop flights from Jakarta to Amsterdam, which is now the first and the fastest direct flight from Jakarta to Europe, replacing our previous Jakarta–Amsterdam route which used to stopover in Abu Dhabi. We were deeply honored to receive a number of awards at the Airline Amenity Bag Awards 2013, which was held in Hamburg, Germany, including Gold Awards in the ‘Amenity Kits’, ‘First Class Unisex’ and ‘Business Class Unisex Asia/Oceania’ categories. The Amenity Kits in our new unprecedented First Class service received the highest scores across all judging categories, which included: ‘Trend’, ‘Pleasure’, ‘Luxury’, ‘Usability’ and ‘Style’. Whilst achieving awards and recognition is not our main priority, indeed, we do highly This June also marks an exciting month for us, as we take our continuous global partnership with Liverpool FC to the next level. Following Liverpool’s successful Asia pre-season tour where Garuda was the official airline, Garuda has now become their very first Official Training Kit Partner; the Garuda Indonesia logo will appear on the club’s training kit as they challenge for honors in the Premier League and European Champions League until the end of the 2015–2016 season. Lastly, we would like to thank you for your trust and loyalty in always choosing to fly with Garuda Indonesia.