Garuda introduce direct flights to Jakarta from Sydney,December 20

Indonesia’s national carrier, Garuda, will introduce a new daily direct flight to Jakarta from Sydney, from December 20.Garuda says increasing the existing capacity by four flights a week, daily departures ex Sydney will provide travellers with more choice and convenience when connecting via Jakarta into Indonesia and beyond.Bagus Y Siregar, senior GM Australia/SWP Garuda Indonesia said Garuda's reputation and image is changing rapidly due to the airline’s fleet growth and network expansion.The new direct daily flights to Jakarta will provide our customers with improved accessibility to the airline’s vast Asian network as well as to the daily Amsterdam via Dubai flight, introduced in August 2010.

While there is no doubt Garuda Indonesia remains committed to our valued leisure customers, we are also increasingly targeting the corporate traveller with Jakarta now positioned as an alternate gateway into Asia and Europe. With future plans to expand the airline’s European network to include Frankfurt, Paris, London and Rome, there is no doubt that Garuda Indonesia is an increasingly attractive option for business travellers.Daily flights will be operated by Garuda Indonesia’s new fleet of A330-200 aircraft also currently servicing the three times weekly Melbourne-Jakarta route. The aircraft all feature Garuda Indonesia’s new signature interior and individual touch-screen LCD TVs throughout business and economy classes with Video on Demand entertainment systems offering 25 feature films and 250 audio tracks. Business class passengers will experience fully lie-flat beds.