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Garuda kicks off Jakarta-Mumbai flight
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Upbeat – State-owned airline company Garuda Indonesia’s president director M. Arif Wibowo (third from right) and Deputy Chief of Mission Indian Ambassador Manish Prabhat (third from left) launch the inaugural Garuda Indonesia flight from Jakarta to Mumbai at Terminal 2 Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, Tangerang, Banten, on Monday. (Antara/Yudhi Mahatma)
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tate-owned airline company Garuda Indonesia launched the Jakarta-Mumbai flight on Monday as part of the national flag carrier’s program to strengthen air connectivity with India.
The new route was a realization of the airline’s overdue expansion plan to Asia, particularly to Mumbai, India, in Southern Asia.
“We are optimistic Mumbai is a promising market for us,” said Garuda Indonesia president director M. Arif Wibowo during a welcoming ceremony at Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport in Mumbai late Monday.
Garuda Indonesia will serve the Jakarta-Mumbai flight via Bangkok three times a week on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. It will depart from Jakarta using Boeing 737-800 NG at 12:55 p.m. and arrive in Mumbai at 8:30 p.m. local time with a stopover in Bangkok.
Meanwhile, the flight from Mumbai will depart at 11:20 p.m. local time and land in Jakarta at 10:05 a.m.
Aside from Mumbai, Garuda serves international destinations from Jakarta to Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok, Beijing, Guangzhou and Shanghai (China), Seoul, Tokyo and Jeddah and Medina (Arab Saudi).
