SWOT Analysis Garuda Indonesia Airlines.
In late I had the privilege of being in tourist hotspot Bali, in Indonesia.
As serial fare-hackers will know, Jakarta is a hotspot for something else; cheap business class fares. The domestic terminal at Denpasar-Bali is much less ornate and less fussy than the fine new international terminal next door, but still contains some local charm.
Airline Garuda Indonesia posts net loss of $1.07 bln in Jan-Sep 2020
Alas, no entry for me for once! Garuda is the national airline of Indonesia and has been hit firmly by the pandemic ofhaving restructured its bonds and been forced to merge with some other state-run corporations in order to save costs. Flying in Indonesia can be strange for the uninitiated; airports often have too few gates for the number of flight departing.
This means simultaneously-timed flights can depart from one gate, and boarding is done is short bursts.
Introduction
As it turned out, our aircraft was the one attached to the gate, and we boarded promptly by seat row number. I was right to save my money! Economy is laid out in a configuration, which means couples will enjoy paired seats by the window.
My seat was 49J, right at the very back of the aircraft in a curtained area which is used for crew rest on longer flights. These slightly older generation seats in economy class are well padded and feature 33 inches of pitch, which is very generous.
Post navigation
Just in case you find yourself tempted into the back row, be reassured there is no missing window and the seat can still recline, thanks to a gap between the seat and rear bulkhead. A small mint sweet was handed out prior to departure, which gave me immediate nostalgia for holiday flights from the UK I took as a boy in the s and s — who else remembers boiled sweets handed out before takeoff? I certainly do. Departure was punctual and we took off for our SOT altitude of 32, feet, heading roughly west to Jakarta.
Navigation menu
With the seat pitch at 33 inches in economy, legroom was no problem at all for me, but be mindful that window seats have an electrical box to the right of my feet which will prove annoying to some. The fold down table has a large cut out which can only mean this was designed for some very large customers! I mostly stuck with the moving map. Garuda has a low profile in the West, but actually serves a significant route network in East Indonewia
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