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Garuda Indonesia has signed a purchase agreement
with Bombardier for 18 CRJ1000 NextGen aircraft with options for
an additional 18.
Garuda Indonesia will operate the newly
ordered CRJ1000 NextGen aircraft on high density short and
medium-range routes out of its domestic hubs in Makassar, Medan
and Balikpapan.
The airline will take delivery of the first five
CRJ1000 NextGen aircraft in the fourth quarter of 2012.
Emirsyah Satar, President and CEO, Garuda
Indonesia said, “These new CRJ1000 NextGen aircraft will be an
important part of our ongoing fleet expansion and rejuvenation
programme under our Quantum Leap strategy. This is a very
efficient aircraft, which I believe, will provide an additional
level of comfort to our customers on domestic and regional
operations.”
Speaking at the
Singapore Airshow on Wednesday, Mr Satar added, “With this new
aircraft in our fleet, we will be able to add new destinations and
more frequent connections which will provide travellers with more
convenient access to our regional and long-haul network.”
Garuda Indonesia’s fleet expansion is an
integral part of the airline’s ‘Quantum Leap’ strategy, which aims
to boost the airline’s competitiveness significantly by 2015. The
airline plans to almost double its current fleet of 89 aircraft to
154 aircraft over the next three years.
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