Garuda Passengers Managed To Reach 739 Thousand In October, President Director: This Is The Highest Since The Pandemic

Garuda Indonesia aircraft. (Irfan Meidianto / VOI)

JAKARTA - PT Garuda Indonesia Tbk recorded the highest number of passenger transportation during the pandemic, to be precise in October, which amounted to 739 thousand passengers. This number of passengers has increased significantly compared to the initial period of the pandemic.

President Director of PT Garuda Indonesia (Persero) Tbk Irfaniaputra said, in the early period of the pandemic, the Garuda Indonesia Group was only able to carry around 30 thousand passengers per month.

"The company's operational performance continues to show consistent positive growth, with the Garuda Indonesia Group in October 2020 successfully recording 739 thousand passengers, the highest since the COVID-19 pandemic occurred," he said, in a written statement received by VOI, Wednesday, December 16. .

According to Irfan, this growth also indicates the increasing trust of the public to return to using air transportation services. This is certainly in line with the continuous efforts through the consistent application of health protocols at all touch points of Garuda Indonesia's flight services.

"In order to provide a safe and comfortable flight for passengers," he said.

Irfan said that his party is optimistic that the efforts to restore the Company's performance during this pandemic can continue to show positive growth, especially with the potential for the Indonesian aviation market which is still very promising in the future and the need for accessibility of air transportation services has a fundamental role for the islands.

"With the people's trust that has begun to build up to return to using air transportation and the synergy of stakeholders in the tourism sector ecosystem, we project that the number of passengers in 2021 can recover at least 50 percent from before the pandemic period," he explained.

Not only succeeded in recording the highest number of passengers, said Irfan, Garuda also managed to maintain consistency in the performance of the cargo business. In October, the stock-coded company GIAA recorded the highest number of cargo transports since the pandemic, amounting to 21,980 thousand tons.

"This achievement is equivalent to 83 percent of total cargo transport during the pre-pandemic period. With this achievement, the cargo business has the potential to be maximized in the future. It even exceeds the achievements of cargo transportation before the pandemic, especially with the momentum of the development of the e-commerce industry in Indonesia at this time this, "he said.