Keyword: "Garuda"

A jetliner taking 468 people from Indonesia to Saudi Arabia made an emergency landing on May 15 due to an engine fire, the Garuda Indonesia airline said, in the latest incident in the archipelago's airlines safety record.

Garuda Airlines - Indonesia's national flag carrier - is reported to plan to cut a large number of wide-body aircraft, while retaining dozens of narrow-body aircraft to focus on its low-cost subsidiary Citilinks.

Indonesia's national flag carrier Garuda Indonesia reported a net loss of 12.87 trillion rupiah (898.65 million USD) in the first half of this year as the COVID-19 pandemic hit travel-related industries hard.

Indonesian transport minister Budi Karya has ordered local airlines Lion Air and Garuda to inspect their Boeing 737 MAX 8 airplanes in the context that authorities continue investigation and search for victims of Lion Air plane crash on October 29.

The Garuda Indonesia Travel Fair Phase II 2016 (GATF II) opened in Jakarta on October 7, expected to see a sale of 386 billion rupiah (roughly 30 million USD) during three days of operation.