Garuda Indonesia Wallpapers

Garuda Indonesia aircraft, Megawallpapers: PT (Persero) Perusahaan Penerbangan Garuda Indonesia, abbreviated to PT Garuda Indonesia, is the national airline of the Republic of Indonesia, based in Jakarta. Garuda is the name of the mythical bird found on Pancasila, the national seal of the government of Indonesia. It operates domestic services to 30 destinations and international services to over 20 destinations in Asia Pacific, Middle East and Europe. Its main base is Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, Jakarta, with a hub at Ngurah Rai Airport, Bali. Garuda Indonesia traces its beginning to the late 1940s, during the Indonesian war of independence against the Dutch. At this time, Garuda flew special transports with Douglas DC-3 aircraft. January 26, 1949 is generally recognized as the airline's birthday. At that time, the airline was known as Garuda Indonesian Airways. Their first plane was known as Seulawah or Gold Mountain. The airline kept performing in support of the Indonesian interests until the revolution against the Dutch was over. The government of Burma helped the airline much during the airline's beginnings. Because of that, after the airline was formally incorporated jointly with KLM as a company on March 31, 1950, the airline presented the Burmese government with a DC-3. By 1953, the airline had 46 planes, but by 1955 their Catalina aircraft were retired. In 1956 they made their first pilgrim flight to the city of Mecca. [br]The 1960s were times of great progress for the airline: In 1961, a route was opened to Kai Tak International Airport in Hong Kong. After concentrating on domestic and regional services, the first flights to Europe were added on 28 September 1963 to Amsterdam and Frankfurt. In 1965, the jet age arrived, with a Douglas DC-8 that was used to fly to Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam. [br]The 1970s brought McDonnell Douglas DC-9 equipment, while the 1980s brought Airbus equipment such as the Airbus A300 and Airbus A300-600 as well as Boeing 737s, Boeing 747s, and McDonnell Douglas MD-11s. In the 1990s, Garuda suffered plane crashes, and the airline went through a period of economic distress. In July 1995 it began a joint cargo service with KLM between Amsterdam and Jakarta with stops in Bombay and Kuala Lumpur. However, the airline has favourably recovered from economic problems and seems to be in good economic shape entering the middle 2000s. In 2001 a low-cost airline subsidiary, Citilink, was established to provide shuttle services between Indonesian cities. It is wholly owned by the Indonesian government and employs 6,251 staff (at January 2005). [br]Fleet - The Garuda Indonesia fleet consists of the following aircraft (at December 2005): [br]6 Airbus A330-300 [br]13 Boeing 737-300 [br]26 Boeing 737-400 [br]5 Boeing 737-500 [br]1 Boeing 737-800 [br]5 McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 [br]3 Boeing 747-400. [br] [br] [br]

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