Garuda Starts Flying Candidates For Aceh Embarkation Hajj Pilgrims, Vice President: Don't Be Late Again!

Vice President Ma'ruf Amin. (Photo: Doc. ANTARA)

JAKARTA - Garuda Indonesia has started flying prospective pilgrims through the Banda Aceh embarkation.

Garuda guarantees that phase 1 of the 2024 Hajj Transport departure will run smoothly and safely.

For your information, Garuda Indonesia is scheduled to fly as many as 4,695 prospective pilgrims who are members of 12 flying groups (kloter) through the Banda Aceh Embarkation, where the first batch of 393 prospective pilgrims was flown on Wednesday, May 29.

The release of the prospective pilgrims was also attended by Vice President Ma'ruf Amin.

He also asked Garuda Indonesia to improve services and ensure that there are no more delays.

"I think the Indonesian Ministry of Religion has also reprimanded him so that there will be no more delays. Technical problems often occur, but in the future this must be an evaluation material for Garuda Indonesia," said Ma'ruf in an official statement, Thursday, May 30.

As for serving the inaugural flight of prospective pilgrims at the Banda Aceh Embarkation, Garuda uses a Boeing 777-300ER aircraft with flight number GA-2101 departing from Sultan Iskandar Muda International Airport at 17.45 WIB and is scheduled to arrive at King Abdulaziz International Airport at 21.40 LT.

President Director of Garuda Indonesia, Irfan Setiaputra, said that his party continues to strengthen its commitment to ensuring the smooth operation of phase 1 of the 1445H or 2024 pilgrimage departure.

This commitment is also represented through the operation of the inaugural Hajj flight from the Banda Aceh embarkation yesterday.

Irfan stated that optimizing operational readiness continues to be carried out continuously by maintaining level of flight operational service, especially through aspects of the level of timeliness.

"Garuda Indonesia continues to make efforts to improve the quality of flight services and operations through various inputs that have been submitted by relevant stakeholders to ensure the safety, safety and comfort aspects of passengers," he said in an official statement, Thursday, May 30.

"In this case, Indonesian pilgrims can be implemented properly, including coordinating intensively with all stakeholders so that the mobilization of pilgrims can run smoothly and optimally," continued Irfan.

Irfan said, as of Wednesday, May 29, overall Garuda Indonesia had flown around 193 groups with the number of pilgrims reaching at least 68,952 people heading to the Holy Land.

We understand the importance of the momentum of the pilgrimage for the people of Indonesia, where safe and comfortable flight services are one part of the pilgrimage. Therefore, we are trying our best to maintain and improve our readiness at all touch points of passengers so that the congregation can focus on carrying out worship," he said.