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President Director of Garuda Indonesia, Pahala Nugraha
Mansury
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Garuda Indonesia Tbk (GIAA) will conduct a review of the flight route from
Soekarno-Hatta International Airport (Jakarta) to Heathrow Airport (London) via
Singapore. The reason, based on audits from the Supreme Audit Agency (BPK), the
performance of flight route Jakarta-London via Singapore apparently has not
provided an encouraging advantage to the company.
President
Director of Garuda Indonesia, Pahala Mansury explained if starting early
November 2017 the Garuda side will modify the Jakarta-London flight route. As
of November 2nd, 2017 Garuda Indonesia will make direct flights to London
without transit in Singapore.
"So,
if at this time, London as of early November we will restructure from the
route. Not flying through Singapore, as of November 2nd we will fly directly to
it. We will also connect this route to London with to Melbourne, "said
Pahala at BEI Building, Jakarta, Tuesday (10/10), as reported by Detik.
Pahala
further said that this effort is done to reduce flight operating costs. Garuda
also plans to restructure 28 other routes that are considered not profitable
for the company. "Instead we cut the route, but the plane is still to be
paid. Garuda's focus is indeed optimizing, if the route that can not be fixed
yes we cut. If you just chase passengers from Jakarta to London it's not
enough. If you can connect Melbourne-Jakarta-London will increase our
passengers as well, "he explained.
The
move is made by Garuda Indonesia to reduce the company's operating expenses, so
that the passengers of Jakarta to London are expected to increase. "But
this is one of the routes we see improvements by flying directly to it, so it
can reduce costs. Can add passengers by connecting to Melbourne, "said
Pahala.
PT
Citilink Indonesia as a subsidiary of Garuda Indonesia will also cut off some
less prospective flight routes such as Balikpapan-Yogyakarta and
Jakarta-Palembang. "Like for example in Balikpapan-Yogya, then Jakarta
(Cengkareng) -Palembang, that we reduce," concluded Pahala.
Garuda
Indonesia is known to have served Jakarta-London flights through transit in
Singapore since March 31, 2016 ago. While from London Heathrow to Jakarta will
be served non-stop with the frequency of flights 5 times a week every Tuesday,
Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday by using Boeing 777-300ER aircraft.
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