Garuda adds 23,700 Seats for Lebaran

Garuda Indonesia Adding Seats and Flights to Serve Traditional Lebaran Holiday Travel Surge.

(8/16/2010) Garuda Indonesia is adding as many as 23,700 seats on selected routes during the period September 10-16, 2010, to handle the seasonal peak in domestic and regional travel over the Islamic Lebaran holiday period.

Among the air routes to benefit from larger aircraft or additional flights include Jakarta-Denpasar with 11,718 more seats; Jakarta-Padang with 2,950 seats; Jakarta-Yogyakarta with 2,696 seats; Jakarta-Solo with 1,192 seats; Surabaya-Denpasar with 1,944 seats; Jakarta-Medan with 966 seats; and Jakarta-Surabaya with 2,220 more seats.

Quoted in bisnis.com, the spokesman for Garuda, Pudjobroto, reminded the public: "For safety and comfort, Garuda urges passengers to make their travel plans at the earliest opportunity and avoid any last minute changes in the reservations."

He also urged passengers to use city check-in services available at selected Garuda sales offices and automated check-in machines installed at airports to reduce delays and long lines prior to departure.