Garuda Indonesia Colours Magazine April 2018 | Page 8

6 Salam Garuda Indonesia SALAM GARUDA INDONESIA Pahala N. Mansury President & CEO PT Garuda Indonesia (Persero) Tbk. Dear valued Garuda Indonesia passengers, On behalf of the Garuda Indonesia management, we would like to welcome you on board our flight and wish you a pleasant journey. options for our customers in making their dream travels a reality with a five-star airline that is served by the world’s best cabin crew at a competitive price. As part of our efforts to expand our flight network, especially our international routes, we will be launching a new Denpasar– Mumbai direct service on April 23, 2018. At first, the Denpasar–Mumbai route will be served twice weekly. We will then increase its frequency to three times weekly at the end of May. All flights serving this new route will utilise the A330-200 aircraft with 36 Business Class seats and 186 Economy Class seats. In addition, this April we are, together with our partners, introducing Sedekah Umrah, a company charity initiative that allows our customers to donate by redeeming their mileage. With this initiative, we hope to help the less fortunate to carry out their Islamic pilgrimage to the Holy Land. Donations can be made from www.garuda-indonesia.com. Meanwhile, to expand our domestic route, we launched a new direct service connecting Ambon–Baubau in March. This new route will open up access to more remote destinations that hold high business and tourism potential. We will be flying Ambon– Baubau twice weekly, using the ATR 72-600 aircraft with a capacity of 70 seats. This April, we will be organising Garuda Indonesia Travel Fair (GATF) 2018 Phase I across 29 major Indonesian cities. Through this series of travel fairs, which are organised with a one-stop shopping concept in mind, we hope to provide convenient Amidst the rapid growth of the highly competitive aviation industry, Garuda Indonesia Group earlier this year established a new long-term vision and business strategy aimed at maintaining the sustainability of Garuda Indonesia’s business development in the years to come. Under a group-wide strategy called Garuda Indonesia Sky Beyond 3.5, through the vision of ‘a value- based aviation group bringing Indonesian hospitality to the world’, the company is aiming to reach USD3.5 billion in market capitalisation by 2020. Last but not least, we would like to thank you, our customers, for trusting and choosing to fly with Garuda Indonesia.