Garuda to begin Sydney and Melbourne Jakarta Flights

[Stefan Perkas]

Afternoon all,


Passengers from Sydney and Melbourne will soon be ableto fly to Jakarta with Garuda Indonesia. The airline’s Denpasar-Sydney services will fly Denpasar-Sydney-Jakarta from May 1. Two of Garuda’s weekly flights from Melbourne to Denpasar will also extend to Jakarta from May 4. The airline already operates services from Perth to Jakarta.


Sorce: Travel Weekly

[Arthur T]

Hi Arthur, no need to requote the exact message above, thank you - mod


Which type of Aircraft are they using? B738?

[J Brown]

MEL/SYD-DPS-CGK is opb A333
PER-CGK is opb 735

The 738's ("or 73H's") do PER-DPS twice each day

[Jarden S]

They used to do this route in the past SYD-DPS-CGK. Its not a whole new route for Garuda its just a reinstated flight. Be nice if they did a few non-stop SYD-CGK

[Steve Crook]

Waaaaay back in 1980 I flew from Sydney to Jakarta with Garuda via Denpasar on one of their DC-10s -GIB (sorry, I can't remember the Indonesian prefix just at the moment). I remember that just after the plane took off from Denpasar on the Jakarta leg I got my first whiff of clove cigarettes as passengers had restocked during the stopover.... of course this was in the days when smoking was allowed on planes. I still LOVE that smell!! I also remember that the Denpasar-Jakarta leg was quite light on for passengers and those of us in the back cabin were moved into the middle one "for weight balance reasons". I took that as being code for "the flight attendants couldn't be bothered pushing those trollies all the way back there just for a few passengers". I could be wrong.

[Michael Morrison]

Not sure I'd be jumping on the chance to fly Garuda....

Seems they have a series of mistakes... here is the latest

http://www.canberratimes.com.au/news/world/world/general/garuda-makes-a-terminal-mistake/1481473.aspx

[Sam Chui]

For many Foreigners, GA may not have the best record. But in Indonesia, Garuda is absolutely the premium carrier to fly with.

I hope they bring back their B747-400 in July for Bali peak season.


Steve, I've also flown GA PK-GIB/GID several times at the back seat , last row number was row 37 from memory. They had 2 flights leaving 10 mins apart each other, I tried to standby on the first flight (was a B737) and got disappointed and the second flight, to my surprise operated by a DC10 from CGK-Bali, with 11 pax onboard ! Awesome Crime Performunz ;)

Sam

[lloyd fox]

New planes prompt Garuda to expand Aussie routes
Thursday, 21 May 2009

Source E BLACKBOARD



Garuda Indonesia announced earlier this week that it would expand its Australian network following the delivery of its four new Airbus 330-220 aircraft.

New three-weekly Jakarta services to Sydney and Melbourne will commence from 1 August 2009.

Subsequently, Garuda will offer a daily service between Indonesia and Sydney, Melbourne, and a double daily service from Perth to Bali and four-weekly direct flights to Jakarta.

The new flights are a part of Garuda’s policy to introduce more non-stop flights to Indonesia according to Poerwoko Soeparyono, Senior General Manager Australia & Southwest Pacific.

He added that it will give Australian passengers easier access to Bali.
“We are also hoping that the new service will encourage Australian holiday makers to venture a bit further than Bali and explore some of the other amazing destinations that Indonesia has to offer”

Garuda plan to operate the A330-200'S on wed,fri sun to SYD from early august and Mon thur sat to MEL.

Cheers Lloyd

[Peter Agatsiotis]

Just noted on Skyliner news:

PK-GPJ A330-243 (988) arrived Jakarta 19 May in full Hainan c/s. Hainan cancelled this delivery.

Does this mean all 4 are/were cancelled orders as I don't remember seeing the initial Garuda order? Checking AL looks like these may have been an ILFC order.

[Stefan Perkas]

Evening all,

Here are the schedules for these new flights obtained from Airline Route updates.


Jakarta - Perth 3 weekly nonstop service will be cancelled from 01JUN09, replaced by 1-stop via Denpasar (Denpasar - Perth remains at 3 Daily)

GA724 CGK0730 - 1015DPS1100 - 1435PER 738 D
GA725 PER1640 - 2020DPS2100 - 2145CGK 738 D

Jakarta - Melbourne 3 weekly eff 01AUG09
GA716 CGK2215 - 0725+1MEL 332 357
GA717 MEL0955 - 1425CGK 332 146

Existing Denpasar - Melbourne service will be reduced from 5 to 4 weekly from 01AUG09

Jakarta - Sydney 3 weekly eff 01AUG09
GA712 CGK2145 - 0725+1SYD 332 246
GA713 SYD1000 - 1445CGK 332 357

Existing Denpasar - Sydney service will be reduced from 5 to 4 weekly from 01AUG09

[Matt_L]

For many Foreigners, GA may not have the best record. But in Indonesia, Garuda is absolutely the premium carrier to fly with.



Sam,

you raise a fair point- but you must admit in Indonesia Garuda is the best of probably the worst collection of airlines situated anywhere in the world.

What Michael posts above is worrying but not safety critical however the recent incidents of GA in Perth as well as the overflying Sydney flight amongst others are extremely concerning.

One does wonder who flies them still when they are banned in so many countries and their reputation certainly not a proud one!

[Matt D]

Garuda's poor safety standards keep it on the EU banned list, restricting it from flying anywhere in the European Union. http://ec.europa.eu/transport/air-ban/list_en.htm Australia is their only destination outside Asia

[Matt_L]

restricting it from flying anywhere in the European Union.Australia is their only destination outside Asia

I dont mean to bring this topic up again but can someone allude to the culminating reasons why Garuda is still allowed to fly to Australia.

I think it was something along the lines of overflying rights for Qantas being taken away ie for Aust-Asia and even onwards European legs over Indonesian airspace which would increase journey times massively.

Any insight would be excellent as im very unsure as to why our country hasnt followed the lead of these other countries- ie EU, USA etc.

[Michael Mak]

It doesn't affect only Qantas but other international flights to and from Australia that overfly Indonesia.

[Stefan Perkas]

Evening all,

Sorry for dragging this topic up but.


As per 11AUG10 GDS timetable display, Garuda Indonesia is increasing service Jakarta – Sydney service from 3 weekly (Day 246 from CGK) to Daily, from 20DEC10 to 24JAN11.
Schedule below:

GA712 CGK2150 – 0830+1SYD 332 D
GA713 SYD1030 – 1350CGK 332 D

Source: http://airlineroute.net/2010/08/11/ga-cgksyd-w10/

[Stefan Perkas]

Evening all,

Sorry for dragging this topic up again,


As per GDS timetable display on 27AUG10, Garuda Indonesia further adjusted planned operation to Australia starting Dec 2010. Details:

Jakarta – Melbourne
Airbus A330-300 replace -200 from 02JAN11
However, from 01FEB11 to 15FEB11, service reduce from 3 to 2 weekly.

Jakarta – Sydney
Daily service effective 20DEC10, increase from 3 weekly.
The Daily flight is now planned to operate for the entire Northern Winter season. The airline originally planned Daily operation till 24JAN11.

From airline route update

[James Smith]

Stefan, will the Denpasar flights remain at 4 pw to Sydney in NW at similiar arrival and departure times?

[Stefan Perkas]

James,

The Sydney flights appear to stay at 4x week.

GA714 Dep DPS 0125 Arr SYD 1015 (Mon, Tue, Thurs and Sat)
GA715 Dep SYD 1130 Arr DPS 1450 (Mon, Tue, Thurs and Sat)

This may change in due course.

[Jarden S]

So for 15 mins there will be 2 Garuda A330s in SYD at once. From 10.15 to 10.30.