In August, I wrote about Garuda Indonesia's decision to cease flying to London Heathrow. Garuda has an interesting history with London, as I wrote at the time: -- In 2014 Garuda re-commenced flights to London Gatwick (following many years of suspension because of safety restrictions placed on the airline). This flight operated as a tag…
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First I thought "they can't be serious.." before I remembered that they sacked their previous CEO who tried to get the airline back to black. With a schedule like that, I still wonder how they'll fill 393 seats!
spent 7 hours in Garuda two class 777-300er in J. Very nice still with excellent service and meals!
@Ray
Btw Garuda’s 777 economy are in 3-3-3, so they can easily get slightly above 430 total seats just by adding an extra seat per row in.
@chub hopefully not. They should know their consumers are just going to jump ship to SQ/Emirates if they add an extra row. Fingers crossed they're aware of that
Wow! Garuda F is one of the best F class experiences I ever had. Hopefully GA will bring back F on that route.
That timing is horrible. Also, GA's European flights are priced higher originating from Indonesia than competing airlines like SQ, EK, EY, QR, heck even KLM most of the times have better fares. If they want to really capture the market they need to market this flight better and price it better.
@chub there a reason why south East Asian airlines barring PAL does not configure their 777 10 across. Price no doubt is sensitive but legacy carriers do not compete straight againts LCCs in that region. They run a very different parent and child business model where the legacy owns the budget, hence airlines like SQ, TG and GA keeps the 9 across in their 777s to keep them premium.
Garuda has pulled an Oman Air here. WY will fly F only to London, whereas GA has removed F from London and AMS and put it on HND/NRT instead.
According to local news, they’re going to use A330-300 instead of 777 (with a stopover in Singapore)
@Benn18 A333 doesn't have the range, though? I suspect they'll keep the 77W until they have their A330-900neo with the B/E Super Diamond seats
I’m very happy!!! I’m an Indonesian UK-based resident. I fly to jkt at least 4 times a year and I’ve been flying Garuda since they started the Heathrow route. Their service is excellent, both eco & bus classes. It does make such a huge difference flying direct. Their business class seats are quite competitive, but not economy. Let’s hope their ticketing improves so they can compete with SQ, Qatar, Etihad, etc.
This just in.
If true - a stop in Singapore and an Airbus A330-300!
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2018/11/12/garuda-to-reopen-jakarta-london-route.html