Garuda Indonesia Will Add 8 Fleet Narrow Aircraft In 2024

Garuda Indonesia Director of Services and Commerce Ade R. Susardi. (Photo: Mery Handayani/VOI)

JAKARTA - PT Garuda Indonesia (Persero) Tbk will add 8 narrow-body aircraft throughout 2024 and will come gradually.

The goal is to increase the carrying capacity.

The aircraft types that will come this year are in the form of four B737-800 NG aircraft, two Airbus A330-300 aircraft, and two Boeing B777-300 ER aircraft.

Garuda Indonesia Director of Services and Commerce Ade R. Susardi explained that the addition of the aircraft fleet is in line with the company's long-term plan. Where in the first quarter of this year, one aircraft will come.

"The plan is that at the beginning of the first quarter (there will be) 1 (unit that comes). Hopefully by the end of the year there will be 8 additional (armada)," he said when met at the Indosat Ooredeo Office, Jakarta, Wednesday, March 6.

Furthermore, Ade said that with the addition of an additional fleet, the company could operate around 80 aircraft fleets. Meanwhile, Garuda Indonesia currently operates 60 to 67 aircraft fleets.

"About the 80s maybe we will have until the end of the year, the total number of planes," he said.

For your information, Garuda Indonesia has added 5 Boeing 737-800 NG types last year.

Of the total five aircraft, four units have been delivered and the remaining one will be delivered as soon as this year.

The five aircraft were brought in in order to support the optimization of flight frequency growth, both domestically and internationally in 2023.