Garuda Indonesia (GA, Jakarta Soekarno-Hatta) would consider launching flights to the United States - cities on the West Coast in particular - in the event Indonesia is able to recover Category 1 status with the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) airline CEO Arif Wibowo has said.

Speaking to Bloomberg at the ongoing Singapore Airshow, Wibowo said Garuda would use either the A350 or the B787 (which it is currently studying and for which a firm order is expected in due course) to operate the flights non-stop.

Indonesia, which was downgraded to Category 2 in 2007 after the FAA expressed "serious concerns about the Indonesian Directorate General of Civil Aviation's (DGCA) safety oversight and operational control systems", is to undergo renewed assessment later this year. As such, Wibowo has expressed hope that in the event all aspects of the DGCA's oversight are found acceptable, Indonesia may be elevated back to Category 1 status by the end of the year.