DC-3 aircraft Garuda Indonesia
Garuda is a joint venture between the Government of Indonesia with the Dutch airline Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij (KLM). At first, the Government of Indonesia has a 51% stake and during the first 10 years, the company is managed by KLM. Because of nationalist coercion, KLM sold part of its stake in 1954 to the Indonesian government.
Many Burmese government helped the airline carrier at the beginning of this period. Therefore, when the airline inaugurated as the company on March 31, 1950, the Burmese government donated a Garuda DC-3 aircraft. At first, Garuda had 27 aircraft, educated staff, airports and flight schedules, as a continuation of KNILM. This is very different from other pioneering companies in Asia.
DC-3 aircraft cockpit
In 1953, the airline has 46 aircraft, but in 1955, they must retire Catalina aircraft. In 1956 they made the first flight path to Mecca. 1960s is when the airline rapid progress. 1965 Garuda gets two new aircraft are jet aircraft turboprop Convair 990 and Lockheed L-118 Electra. In 1961 it opened the path to Kai Tak International Airport in Hong Kong and in 1965 came the era of the jet, the DC-8 flight they make a point to Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Europe.
1970s Garuda took a small Jet DC-9 and Fokker F28 when the F28 Garuda had 36 aircraft and is the largest aircraft carrier in the world for this type of aircraft, while in the 1980s adopted the device of Airbus, such as the A300. As well as Boeing 737, McDonnell Douglas MD-also 11. In 1990, Garuda had some misfortune, and the airline is experiencing difficult economic period. However, in the 2000s the airline has been able to overcome the problems in the economy and in good condition.
Name Origin of Garuda Indonesia
On December 25, 1949, representatives of KLM is also a friend of President Soekarno, namely Dr. Konijnenburg, facing and report to the President in Yogyakarta that KLM interinsulair Bedrijf will be submitted to the government in accordance with the results of Round Table Conference (RTC) and ask him to give a name for the company because the plane that would take him from Yogyakarta to Jakarta will be painted according to the name it .
In response, President Sukarno responded by quoting a line from a poem Dutch spin-poet famous, Raden Mas Noto Soeroto in colonial times, ie Ik ben Garuda, Vishnoe's vogel, die zijn Vleugels uitslaat hoog boven uw Eilanden which means I'm a Garuda, Vishnu's bird spread its wings towering. Then on December 28, 1949, occurred the historic flight of the DC-3, registered PK-DPD-owned KLM flight carrying interinsulair Yogyakarta to President Sukarno of Kemayoran - Jakarta for his inauguration as President of the Republic of Indonesia (RIS) with a new logo, Garuda Indonesian Airways, the name given to the company's President Sukarno's first flight.
Began in June 2009, Garuda Indonesia has been using the new livery on a few planes that are on the latest Airbus A330-200 with registration PK-GPH, PK-GPI, PK-GPJ and PK-GPK, 6 pieces of the Airbus A330-300 with registration PK-GPA , PK-GPC, PK-GPD, PK-GPE, PK-PK-GPF and GPG, 1 Boeing 737-300 with registration PK-GHX, 4 Boeing 737-500 with registration PK-GGC, PK-GGD, PK -GGE, PK-GGF, Boeing 747-400 PK-2 and PK-GSG GSI, as well as 19 units of Boeing 737-800 with registration The aircraft has been updated several exterior appearance with new livery for Garuda Indonesia airline refreshing appearance.
Garuda Indonesia aircraft cabin is also equipped with a new PTV [Personal Television] including AVOD [Audio Video On Demand] on every seat, 11-inch to 8-inch business class and economy class. The blue color is dominant on the long seat aircraft also changed. Maroon red color used on business-class seats, while the combination of dark brown color with light brown used on economy class seats.
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