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Garuda Indonesia (GA, Jakarta Soekarno-Hatta) has issued a Request for Proposals for the dry lease of an unspecified number of narrowbody aircraft - "B737-800 or equivalent" - for a period of eight to twelve years.

The Indonesian carrier is soliciting offers from lessors and airlines holding a valid AOC, but has excluded brokers and other intermediaries from the tender. The aircraft have to be outfitted with CFM International CFM56-7B or equivalent engines and be of 2010 vintage or younger. The carrier prefers aircraft in a dual-class configuration, although it would also accept proposals for single-class-configured narrowbodies. Seatback in-flight equipment and IOSA certification are "preferable" but not required.

The deadline for proposals is December 1, 2022. Garuda did not respond to ch-aviation's request for more details concerning its requirements.

The Indonesian flag carrier's narrowbody fleet currently comprises thirty-eight B737-800s, which are 11 years old on average. It had a firm order for fifty B737-8s, of which it took one before the March 2019 global grounding. Even though the order remains in...

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