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Minister urges aviation group to introduce Garuda flights to US market
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Transportation Minister Budi Karya Samadi granted awards to Garuda Indonesia flight attendants Vera (left, light blue uniform) and Ninik Septinawati (right, dark blue uniform). (Budi Karya Sumadi's Twitter/File)
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ransportation Minister Budi Karya Sumadi has urged an Indonesia-United States joint aviation working group to help national flag carrier Garuda Indonesia to materialize its plan to serve the world's most lucrative travel market.
"I strongly suggest the members of US-Indonesia aviation working group to keep finding the best way to facilitate Garuda Indonesia and US airlines to materialize Garuda flights to the US and the US airlines’ flights to Indonesia," he said in an official opening speech on Tuesday.
He referred to Garuda Indonesia’s plan to fly to Los Angeles with a transit stop in Narita International Airport in Japan. It saw a potential yearly market of 400,000 passengers, especially from possible Los Angeles and New York routes.
During Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's visit to Indonesia recently, President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo had also addressed the topic.
Garuda Indonesia has recently been able to serve direct routes to the world's largest economy as the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) upgraded the safety status of Indonesian airlines to category one in August. (ags)
