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Garuda Indonesia talking to Airbus to delay 2020 deliveries
Garuda has nine A330neos on order with Airbus that have yet to be delivered, according to the Airbus order book, while its low-cost arm Citilink has 25 A320neos on order.
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An illustration photo of Garuda Indonesia airplane. Garuda is in talks with Airbus to delay deliveries of four aircraft this year, its chief executive said on Tuesday, as the coronavirus outbreak restricts travel and dampens demand. (Shutterstock.com/e X p o s e)
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lag carrier Garuda Indonesia is in talks with Airbus to delay deliveries of four aircraft this year, its chief executive said on Tuesday, as the coronavirus outbreak restricts travel and dampens demand.
“This year we should receive four Airbus planes, but we are negotiating to delay that,” CEO Irfan Setiaputra said in a parliamentary hearing.
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Garuda has nine A330neos on order with Airbus that have yet to be delivered, according to the Airbus order book, while its low-cost arm Citilink has 25 A320neos on order.
An Airbus spokesman decline to comment on the company’s commercial discussion.
Garuda faces financial difficulties after the coronavirus outbreak caused major disruption to global travel, resulting in a 90 percent drop in passengers volume at Garuda, the airline said last month.
The company was forced to seek maturity extension to its US$500 million Islamic bonds that were due in June and seek new government loans.
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Garuda, meanwhile, is also restructuring its aircraft leasing by seeking a lower leasing price or extending the period, Setiaputra said, adding that it also seeks to terminate “unsuitable” contracts.
Twelve of its lessors have agreed to a restructuring, according to Garuda presentation material in parliament, while six have declined to give rent deferral. It is still in negotiations with 13 other lessors.
“Today there are a number of lessors who grounded our planes because our incapability to make payments,” Setiaputra said.
