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Citilink starts flying Airbus A320

Jakarta: Citilink, the low-cost strategic business unit (SBU) of flag carrier Garuda Indonesia, has begun to offer commercial flights with its Airbus A320-200 narrow body airplane, to provide passengers with more flights, Garuda said in a statement released Monday

The Jakarta Post
Tue, September 20, 2011

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Citilink starts flying Airbus A320

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akarta: Citilink, the low-cost strategic business unit (SBU) of flag carrier Garuda Indonesia, has begun to offer commercial flights with its Airbus A320-200 narrow body airplane, to provide passengers with more flights, Garuda said in a statement released Monday.

Citilink’s first A320 arrived in late August and has been at the Garuda Maintenance Facility (GMF) being painted and readied in Citilink’s new livery. The first A320 is currently linking Jakarta with Balikpapan, Banjarmasin and Medan and took its first commercial flight on Sept. 16.

The A320 has 180 seats and offers more comfort with larger cabin space for passengers, Citilink claims in the statement dated Sept. 16.

Citilink is currently still using its ageing Boeing 737-300/400 narrow body airplanes, which are soon to be phased out, to serve eight cities in Indonesia but plans to add new destinations with new Airbus airplanes.

As part of its fleet rejuvenation program, Citilink will be introducing four more A320-200s into service, between October 2011 and February 2012. The five A320s are outside the order Garuda announced on June 21.

At the Paris Air Show, the flag carrier placed an order for as many as 50 A320s — a firm order of 25 with an option for another 25.

Of the 25 narrow body jetliners in the firm order, 15 will be A320 standard, while 10 others will be the reengineered A320 Neo. The aircraft will join Garuda’s low-cost unit Citilink in 2014, with five aircraft expected to arrive annually until 2018.

The firm order is worth about US$2.2 billion at list prices. Airbus prices the A320 standard, which has a maximum range of 3,200 nautical miles (5,900 kilometers), at $85 million, while the reengineered model is $6.2 million more. Airlines, however, usually get discounts when placing large orders.

Citilink is offering promotional airfares for customers to celebrate the arrival and introduction of the new A320. Valid for travel in September, prices start from Rp 359,000 ($40.36) to Rp 486.000 for flights from Jakarta to Banjarmasin, Balikpapan and Medan.

“Citilink will continue to make flying affordable and more convenient. With a fresh new livery bearing the theme “Go Green”, and the arrival of four more Airbus 320s by February 2012, we aim to make Citilink the public’s airline of choice,” Elisa Lumbantoruan, Garuda’s finance director and Citilink SBU vice president, said in the statement.

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