Garuda Indonesia to introduce B77W to SYD.

[Hendra Barnes]

Hi all,

Saw it on Twitter.

Garuda Indonesia to introduce its new Boeing 777-300ER aircraft on Jakarta-Sydney service starting 27OCT13. This will replace the existing Airbus A330-200 service.

GA712 CGK0755 - 1840SYD 77W x4
GA713 SYD2010 - 2315CGK 77W x4

First Class reservation is currently not available on Sydney service.

Source: Airlineroute.net


NB. If I'm not wrong, this flight has been re-timed as well because this used to be a day flight, yes?

[Brandon Giacomin]

Yes, at the moment the flight arrives at 0930 and departs at 1130. I assume it has been retimed so you will be able to connect to Garuda's new flights to London.

GA086 CGK0055 – 0830LGW 77W x35
GA087 LGW1000 – 0615+1CGK 77W x35

http://airlineroute.net/2013/04/17/ga-lgwsyd-w13/

[Hendra Barnes]

Good point Brandon. It makes sense. I should had just posted the link but was on the smartphone, so it wasn't as easy as it should on a PC. :p

[Rowan McKeever]

This is awesome news for me as I'm looking at a Europe trip in December and (a) was thinking GA and (b) would prefer LGW!

As an aside, does anyone know what the 77W registrations will be??

[Nigel C]

I'm sure Stefan Perkas will provide daily updates when the time arises ;)

[Andi O]

Melbourne and Perth to Jakarta flights have been (re)timed to meet the London flights also

[Bernie P]

First rego is PK-GIA...

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8398/8696534599_017ce83b08_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/moonm/8696534599/)
Boeing Tails (http://www.flickr.com/photos/moonm/8696534599/) by moonm (http://www.flickr.com/people/moonm/), on Flickr

[Hendra Barnes]

Thanks for sharing the photo Bernie!
She is coming along nicely, it seems.
I heard the first 2 units will be delivered in June and July.
I will be in Jakarta in July, so I hope to catch a photo or two. I've done the research. Hoping for a clear day, the less haze, the better. :p

[Andrew M]

Garuda are really stepping up now with a very nice looking product on the 77W

Well done

[Laurent Sanhard]

check out the flight schedules from SYD > LGW , would have to be one of the best runs on this route , night flight all the way with a minimal stop over in Jakarta , Prices are in AUD for one passenger, excluding taxes and fees Boeing 777 all the way



from Garuda Website

Economy Flexible


GA0713

20:10

23:15

SYD-CGK
Time in CGK: 1h 40 min


GA0086

00:55+1

08:30+1

CGK-LGW

[Bernie P]

In full colour scheme now... Smart looking beast!!

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7291/8732231733_36342ed309_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sabian404/8732231733/)
PK-GIA (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sabian404/8732231733/) by sabian404 (http://www.flickr.com/people/sabian404/), on Flickr

[Bernie P]

And she's airborne!!

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7283/8735997345_36a4c3d18d_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sabian404/8735997345/)
PK-GIA (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sabian404/8735997345/) by sabian404 (http://www.flickr.com/people/sabian404/), on Flickr

[Rowan McKeever]

Geeeeeeeeez... that's nice!!!!!!!

[Brandon Giacomin]

CGK-LGW start up has been pushed back 6 months due to the old runway at Jakarta being unable to handle a fully loaded 777 to London. Sydney will see the 777s from November 8, a little later then first intended. They will only fly to SYD for 6 weeks before returning in May 2014 when CGK-LGW starts up.

Garuda had previously scheduled the Boeing 777 to begin flying between Sydney and Jakarta from October 27, five days prior to the launch of its London service and thus tapping into the Kangaroo Route market.

Garuda says the Boeing 777-300ER's debut on the Sydney-Jakarta route will be pushed back to November 8 but will fly that path for just under six weeks, until December 18.

"The aircraft will then be deployed to another region until our Jakarta to London service begins in 2014, when the aircraft will fly from Sydney to Jakarta and onto London direct” the airline says.

http://www.ausbt.com.au/garuda-postpones-new-london-boeing-777-service-to-may-2014

[Ian Gains]

PK-GIC 777-300ER was delivered to Jakarta yesterday.

[Malcolm Parker]

I heard there has been a delay on LHR until may next year on the 777 due to pavement issues on the Jakarta runway with its ability to operate under max TOW conditions . Can someone verify

[Ellis Taylor]

Correct Michael, the London flights are on hold until May next year, and Garuda says it is due to the runway at CGK not being able to accommodate a fully loaded 773ER. It can take it with a load of 275 pax and no cargo, but that doesn't work for them. I wrote up the announcement for Flightglobal Pro yesterday, and you can see a preview it here: http://t.co/ihVP0EMqnS

Personally, I think that there's more to the case that is being said. There probably is some truth to the runway issue but Garuda have known about that for ages. I think it's more likely that they planned to launch with the weight restrictions but the forward bookings aren't looking as strong as they would like to be so they decided to postpone it for a bit.

When (If?) it does start going to London next year, it seems that GA are pushing hard to get some Heathrow slots rather than going Gatwick as they want to feed into the SkyTeam terminal there.

They will still put the 773 onto Sydney for a month in Nov/Dec, and the others will be used on Tokyo and Shanghai, as well as Jeddah.

[Jacob L]

To be quite honest, I do like Garudas paint job on the 777. One plane to come and spot soon

[Stefan Perkas]

Evening all,

Garuda Indonesia has cancelled planned Boeing 777-300ER operation from 07NOV13 to 18DEC13, based on latest schedule update. The airline will continue to operate Airbus A330-200 aircraft on this route, 5 times a week.

GA712 CGK2245 – 0930+1SYD 332 x13
GA713 SYD1130 – 1435CGK 332 x24

http://airlineroute.net/2013/10/17/ga-syd-nov13/