Garuda Indonesia Expands Cargo Network In Europe Through Air And Land

Garuda Indonesia aircraft. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)

JAKARTA - The national airline Garuda Indonesia continues to optimize its cargo delivery network, especially in the European region by collaborating with land logistics service provider Wallenborn Transports SA.

President Director of PT Garuda Indonesia Irfan Setiaputra said the service could connect cargo from Amsterdam to various cities in Europe such as Paris, Brussels, London, Frankfurt, Madrid, Vienna and various other big cities served by land. Garuda Indonesia to provide added value for service users by presenting a variety of alternative cargo shipping to various cities in Europe at competitive prices, shorter delivery durations, and supported by seamless services so that product quality will be maintained. seamless so that product quality will be better maintained," he said in an official statement, Wednesday, November 23.

Irfan hopes that this collaboration will also further encourage the growth of the MSME sector and the competitiveness of national superior export products in the international market. Especially in bridging the fulfillment of the needs of providing safe, fast and reliable integrated logistics services at competitive prices.

Irfan also admitted that he is optimistic that in the future this cooperation can increase with the growth of national superior commodity shipments to Europe which has shown an increase since the launch of the program in September 2021.

"Especially for general cargo and Indonesia's leading perishable products, one of which is cocoa beans from Bali to the European market," he said.

Based on data from the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) in September 2021, Indonesia recorded a 47.64 percent increase in exports compared to 2020. This data is considered to support optimizing the connectivity of the international cargo flight network.

"In order to support export activities of leading commodities and SMEs through network development activities to revive the national economy," he said.