Garuda Indonesia gains 8.3% better yield on Japan traffic

Jun 19th 2007

Garuda Indonesia’s Regional Manager for Japan, South Korea, China and the United States, M Arif Wibowo, expects yield from the Japan service this year to reach US$ 130 million, or up 8.3% compared to last year, reports Bisnis Indonesia.

In Q1, traffic from Japan yielded US$ 40 million, or US$ 10 million more than earlier anticipated. Garuda’s load factor from Tokyo and Japan has also reached an average 75%, more than the earlier expected 70%, while traffic from Osaka has recovered significantly. 

From Japan, Garuda encourages tourists to visit Indonesia for eco-tours, weddings and honeymoons to Bali, and increase corporate traffic as well as incentive groups.

Garuda flies to Tokyo 8 times weekly, and 7 times weekly to Osaka using B747-400 and Airbus A330-300 aircrafts.

In the latest development, the Department of Culture and Tourism signed an MoU with Garuda Indonesia to jointly promote Indonesia through Garuda’s 21 overseas offices in 10 countries, provide space for brochures, assist in inviting agents and journalists on fam tours, and promote Indonesia’s many and varied destinations and attractions through Garuda’s in-flight magazine.

On the occasion, Garuda Indonesia’s CEO, Emirsyah Satar said that in 2006, the airline carried 2.8 million international passengers from and to Australia, Japan, South Korea and the Middle East.