GARUDA Indonesia yesterday commenced the deployment of its newly arrived Boeing 777-300ER for its Jakarta-Jeddah service.
The new aircraft sets a new standard of service for the airline, especially for longhaul flights. This is the first aircraft with first class category and is equipped with Wi-Fi facility, whch at the initial stage, will be available for first class passengers only.
Garuda has ordered 10 B777-300ERs, four of which are scheduled for delivery this year.
The airline expects to take delivery of the second aircraft end of this month for the Jakarta-Jeddah service from August, while another two aircraft will arrive later this year to serve the Sydney-Jakarta-London route from November.
The remaining six aircraft will arrive in 2014 and 2015.
