Ex-Garuda technical director sentenced to 12 years for graft

Garuda Indonesia to halve fleet, drop orders - report

Garuda Indonesia loses London case, may get $231m from state

Garuda Indonesia (GA, Jakarta Soekarno-Hatta) is negotiating to receive IDR3.3 trillion rupiah (USD232 million) in state funds in 2022 to acquire aircraft ahead of an expected rebound in air travel demand, the newspaper Kompas reported. Separately, however, it has lost a leasing debt lawsuit in London.

Edwin Hidayat Abdullah, an official at airport operator Angkasa Pura II who is overseeing the creation of a state-owned holding firm that may take control of Garuda, said on September 9 that the injection could be made via direct investment or through a partnership scheme, either to the flag carrier or to its regional subsidiary Citilink (QG, Surabaya).

State Equity Participation (Penyertaan Modal Negara - PMN) worth this amount has been earmarked as a reserve fund to invest in “the provision of a fleet” for Garuda Indonesia or Citilink in anticipation of a surge in demand when the recovery begins in mid-2022, he said.

To obtain the funds, Citilink would conduct a rights issue, he explained, and a newly created holding company, Aviasi Pariwisata Indonesia (Aviasi...

Garuda Indonesia obtains debt relief from 11 creditors

Papua New Guinea bans India, Garuda Indonesia flights

Papua New Guinea has banned flights from India and barred both Garuda Indonesia (GA, Jakarta Soekarno-Hatta) and Hong-Kong-based charter specialist CapaJet from entering its airspace until further notice, in response to an incoming repatriation flight that allegedly breached pandemic-related travel rules, the Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary announced on August 24.

Police Commissioner David Manning, also the Melanesian country’s top Covid-19 official, expressed “anger and disappointment at the way in which India’s High Commission in Port Moresby deliberately participated in the deception that resulted in unauthorised passengers, including four infected with Covid-19, arriving in Papua New Guinea.”

He warned that “the charter company and the airline, as well as any middle-men, will now face the consequences for their actions.”

According to a schedule on CapaJet’s social media accounts, the Garuda Indonesia A330-300, which ch-aviation analysis of Flightradar24 ADS-B data identified as PK-GHA (msn 1709), departed Jakarta Soekarno-Hatta for Delhi Int'l via Medan Kuala Namu on August 17. The aircraft reached Port Moresby via Jakarta early in the morning of August...