Garuda Indonesia
Flag carrier of Indonesia
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| 2024 | Multiple aircraft introduced with 'PON XXI Aceh Sumut 2024' livery, including Boeing 737-800 aircraft with registrations PK-GFU and PK-GNH |
| 2024 | Leased a Boeing 777-200 from Eastern Air Lines for Hajj flights. |
| 2024 | Wamildan Tsani Panjaitan becomes the current president/CEO of Garuda Indonesia, starting in 2024. |
| February 6 2024 | Launched a fourth daily Jakarta-Doha flight with Qatar Airways, starting 2 April 2024, using Boeing 777-300ER aircraft. |
| 2023 | Leased a Boeing 777-300 from Alexandria Airlines. |
| October 2023 | Cancelled orders for Airbus A330-800 aircraft. |
| February 2023 | Airbus A330-300 with registration PK-GPZ was painted with 'Kembara Angkasa' livery to commemorate the 74th anniversary of Garuda Indonesia |
| 2022 | Garuda Indonesia grounded its Bombardier CRJ1000 and ATR 72 fleet due to a corruption scandal surrounding their procurement and financial challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic. Most aircraft were returned to lessors or transferred to subsidiary Citilink, effectively ending the 'Explore' and 'Explore-jet' sub-brands. |
| September 2022 | Garuda Indonesia filed for US Chapter 15 bankruptcy protection. |
| June 22 2022 | The Attorney General's Office of Indonesia announced the completion of its investigation into corruption involving the purchase of CRJ-1000 and ATR72-600 aircraft. Three Garuda Indonesia executives were named as suspects: Setijo Awibowo (Vice President of Strategic Management), Agus Wahjudo (Executive Project Manager of Aircraft Delivery), and Albert Burhan (ex-Vice President of Treasury Management). The alleged corruption is estimated to have caused a loss of US$609 million to Indonesia. |
| June 20 2022 | Garuda's debt restructuring was put on hold due to two lessors not agreeing with the terms, with a new court date set for 27 June. |
| June 17 2022 | Garuda's creditors voted to accept the airline's debt restructuring plan, potentially saving the company from bankruptcy. |
| May 2022 | Garuda appeared in court and was granted a 30-day delay in debt rescheduling proceedings, which was the second court extension. |
| April 2022 | The Sixth Committee of Indonesia's People Representative Council and Minister of State Owned Enterprises Erick Thohir decided on a scheme to save the airline. |
| March 2022 | Initial court date for debt rescheduling proceedings. |
| 2021 | Garuda Indonesia reported a massive debt of $9.8 billion to over 800 creditors, with its income dropping by 70 percent during the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| June 2021 | During the COVID-19 pandemic, Lion Air dominates the domestic air travel market with a 29.7% market share, while Garuda Indonesia ranks fourth with a 10.5% market share. |
| 2020 | Irfan Setiaputra concludes leadership of Garuda Indonesia |
| 2020 | Irfan Setiaputra becomes president/CEO, serving from 2020 to 2024. |
| 2020 | Replaced top management and initiated a new restructuring programme in response to ongoing financial difficulties. |
| December 2020 | Sexual harassment allegations against executives were revealed, with State-owned Enterprises Minister Erick Thohir considering dismissing executives involved. |
| November 2020 | Clarified that the Boeing 737 MAX order is not completely cancelled, and ongoing talks with Boeing continue concerning the order. |
| October 1 2020 | Garuda Indonesia introduced five aircraft with special COVID-19 pandemic awareness liveries featuring surgical masks and the message 'Ayo pakai masker' (Please wear masks) as part of Indonesia's pandemic response and a design competition. |
| June 2020 | The airline laid off 180 contracted pilots as part of its pandemic response measures. |
| June 19 2020 | Following public criticism, Garuda reversed its plan and confirmed that flight attendants would continue to wear face masks. |
| June 16 2020 | Garuda president director Irfan Setiaputra announced plans to replace face masks with face shields for cabin crew after passenger complaints about not being able to see flight attendants' faces. |
| May 14 2020 | Garuda Indonesia furloughed 800 staff members for at least three months due to the COVID-19 pandemic's impact on aviation. |
| 2019 | GarudaMiles members lost the ability to earn and spend miles with India's Jet Airways following the airline's demise. |
| 2019 | Garuda Indonesia introduced ESCort (Economy Sleeping Comfort) class, a unique service offering passengers three economy class seats with a mattress, pillow, and duvet, exclusively on flights to and from London-Heathrow. |
| 2019 | Announced new Jakarta-London Heathrow, London Heathrow-Denpasar routing. |
| 2019 | Fuad Rizal takes over as president/CEO, serving from 2019 to 2020. |
| December 2019 | Cooperation agreement (KSO) with Sriwijaya Air expired. |
| December 5 2019 | CEO Ari Askhara was fired for smuggling a classic Harley-Davidson motorcycle and Brompton bicycle in an Airbus A330-900 aircraft. |
| September 2019 | Garuda Indonesia launched PT Garuda Tauberes Indonesia, a logistics order application focusing on couriers, air cargo gateways, and e-commerce payments through a smart logistics services platform. |
| September 2019 | Established four new subsidiary companies: PT Garuda Daya Pratama Sejahtera, PT Garuda Indonesia Air Charter, PT Garuda Ilmu Terapan Cakrawala, and PT Garuda Energi Logistik dan Komersial. |
| July 13 2019 | Controversy erupted after reporting a travel reviewer to police for sharing a hand-written menu picture, leading to a lawsuit and subsequent mediation. |
| April 2019 | Independent Commissioners Chairal Tanjung and Dony Oskaria highlighted violations in the 2018 Annual Report, leading to penalties from the Ministry of Finance and Financial Services Authority. |
| March 2019 | Decided to cancel outstanding orders for 49 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft due to loss of passenger confidence following the crashes of Lion Air Flight 610 and Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302. |
| January 2019 | CEO Ari Askhara considered negotiating with lessors to switch 34 out of 49 Boeing 737 MAXes on order to the larger MAX 10 variant, with plans to resume 737 MAX deliveries by 2020. |
| 2018 | Won the Skytrax World's Best Cabin Crew Awards for the fifth consecutive year. Replaced CEO by I Gusti Ngurah Askhara Danadiputra (Ari Askhara). |
| December 2018 | Resumed flights to London Heathrow with a dual-class Boeing 777-300ER. |
| November 2018 | Took over operations and financial management of Sriwijaya Air through a cooperation agreement (KSO). |
| August 2018 | Announced plans to end flights to London Heathrow by October. |
| August 18 2018 | Garuda Indonesia signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with cargo airline Jayawijaya Dirgantara to establish cargo distribution routes between Jayapura and Wamena. |
| 2017 | Citilink's frequent-flyer program, Supergreen, merged with GarudaMiles, becoming 'Supergreen GarudaMiles' and eventually fully integrating into GarudaMiles. |
| 2017 | Received a Boeing 737 MAX 8, which was returned to the lessor in 2022. |
| 2017 | CEO Arif Wibowo retired and was replaced by Pahala Nugraha Mansury. |
| October 6 2017 | The last Boeing 747 was ferried to Jakarta for retirement. |
| October 5 2017 | Operated its last Boeing 747 service, with the final aircraft touching down in Makassar from Medina on a returning Haji flight. |
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