On 8 December, the INA (Indonesia Netherlands Association) and Garuda Indonesia celebrated the signing of a comprehensive service agreement at the Shangri La hotel in Jakarta. In the atmosphere of the festive season, INA members gathered for an enjoyable cocktail and listened to speeches by the INA and Garuda Indonesia on how the agreement came to be.
Mr. Arif Wibowo, Director Marketing and Sales of Garuda Indonesia, enlightened the audience on the development of the renewed airline and the expansion plans for the upcoming years. Garuda Indonesia plans to more than double its current fleet of 67 aircraft to 116 aircraft over the next five years, based mainly on Boeing 737-800NGs and Airbus A330-300/200s, which are operated on medium and long haul routes. The airline will also introduce 10 Boeing 777-300ERs on new ultra long-range flights as it expands its international network. On 1 June this year, the carrier (re)started their daily non-stop service from Jakarta to Dubai and on to Amsterdam. Amsterdam is the first of a number of key European routes to destinations such as Frankfurt, Paris and London and Rome which Garuda Indonesia will launch as part of its international expansion over the next few years.
The Amsterdam route will initially be serviced by the airline's fleet of technically advanced A330-200 aircraft, featuring Garuda's new exterior and interior design inspired by the energy of nature's wings and fitted with its new signature interior, including full lie-flat beds in Executive Class and individual touch-screen LCD TVs throughout Executive and Economy Classes with Video on Demand (VOD) entertainment systems offering 25 feature films and 25 audio tracks. In recognition of the tremendous renewal and improvement in its front-line product and service quality, Garuda Indonesia was earlier this year upgraded to a four-star rating by Skytrax, the global benchmark for airline service standard. The airline also received its IATA Operational Safety Audit (IOSA) certification, recognizing that the airline is fully compliant with global "best-practice" standards for flight operations, aircraft maintenance and safety management systems.
When Garuda Indonesia takes delivery of the Boeing 777-300ERs, these aircraft will be used to operate non-stop from Jakarta into Europe. So we can look forward to flying nonstop from Jakarta to Amsterdam with Garuda in the near future! Garuda Indonesia’s ambition and strategy is to increase the number of domestic departures by over 150% to 2,072 per week and international departures more than threefold to 1,222 a week by 2014. The agreement with INA and the company was then ceremonially signed by Mr. Elmar Bouma (Director of INA) and Mr. Suranto Yitnoprawiro (Area Manager Domestic and International). The agreement offers various benefits and discounts to INA members, their spouses and employees who choose to fly with Garuda.
Benefits and Discounts:
INA members will get 5% discount for domestic routes for Economy (Y,M,LK.N) and Business Class)
8% for international routes for both economy (Y,M,L,K,N) and business Class (C,D)
Free Allowance to carry an additional 10 Kg of baggage for all Classes both domestic (C,Y, M, L) and International (C, D, Y, M, L)
Group Handling, minimal 10 people. The Garuda ticketing can help the group to book the tickets and have the same class and the same price.
20% Discount Jakarta – Amsterdam for all classes, except promo tickets
13% Discount Amsterdam-Jakarta for Business Class (C.D)
10% Discount Amsterdam – Jakarta for Economy Class (Y,M,L,K,N)
For information and bookings, INA members in Indonesia can contact he Garuda Call Centre in Jakarta at +62 21 2351 9999. There is also a special number for group Handling: +62 21 29242049. Or contact Garuda through email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
INA members in the Netherlands can contact Garuda Office at tel: +31 20 5502600 or e-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
In all communications, kindly mention the Corporate Code : INAC or Corporate name: INA.
Also don’t forget to bring your Corporate ID when tickets are issued
Source: http://www.ina.or.id/images/stories/download/INAGARUDA_Agreement.pdf
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