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Garuda to operate 3 Bombardier aircraft in Kuala Namu
Garuda Indonesia has prepared three Bombardier CRJ 1000 NextGen aircraft carriers with a capacity of 96 seats to serve in Kuala Namu, an international airport in Deli Serdang, North Sumatra, which has been designated to replace Polonia Airport in Medan
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aruda Indonesia has prepared three Bombardier CRJ 1000 NextGen aircraft carriers with a capacity of 96 seats to serve in Kuala Namu, an international airport in Deli Serdang, North Sumatra, which has been designated to replace Polonia Airport in Medan.
'The supplying of aircraft carriers with 12 seats in executive class and 84 economy seats in Kuala Namu is in line with plans to make Medan the 'hub' of Garuda and Kuala Namu the 'western hub' of the airline,' said a spokesperson of Garuda's Medan-branch Syamsuddin, in Medan, on Thursday, as quoted by Antara news agency.
He said passengers departing from other airports such as in Padang, West Sumatra and Palembang, South Sumatra, could make use of Garuda's direct flights from Medan to international destinations such as Kuala Lumpur and Penang in Malaysia and Singapore, which will operate soon.
Garuda flights between Medan and Penang, for example, will open on June 1.
Garuda Indonesia is going to open three domestic routes ' Medan-Batam, Medan-Padang and Medan-Palembang - all at once.
'It is part of our plans to develop Kuala Namu [Medan] as the fourth Garuda hub after Denpasar [Bali], Jakarta and Makassar [South Sulawesi],' said Syamsuddin.
He said the Bombardier aircraft carriers that would be stationed in Kuala Namu were part of 24 new Garuda aircraft of various types that would arrive this year. They included the Boeing 777-300 ER, the Airbus A330, the Boeing 737-800NG, and the Bombardier CRJ1000 NextGen. (ebf)
