Good News From Indonesia

The development of Indonesia is surely faster than ever, especially in transportation. No, I’m not talking about Jakarta Monorail, because that project is still being argued. Currently, there are two projects that have been approved by the government and will be started in just a matter of time. The first project is Sunda Strait Bridge [...]

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BMW Indonesia announced that its Jan-Sep 2010 sales have exceeded the 2009 full year sales volume. The company delivered 929 units of BMW vehicles to its customers in the first nine months of 2010, above the 901 units delivered throughout 2009 and 50% more compared to the same period last year. “We are extremely pleased [...]

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Flag carrier Garuda Indonesia is set to officially join international airline alliance SkyTeam in a bid to reach its target to become one of the top ten airlines in the world. The carrier will meet delegates from SkyTeam partner airlines on Nov. 23 in Jakarta to sign an official agreement and discuss detailed practical matters. [...]

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Garuda persuaded to open route to Munich The operator of Munich airport asks Garuda Indonesia to serve Jakarta-Munich route following the state airline’s plan to fly to Germany. Floren Potsch, Marketing and Traffic Development Business Division Aviation at Munich Airport, revealed the operator had expressed this to Garuda. “We have talked to them [Garuda] to [...]

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Having visited Vietnam and Indonesia recently the most irritating part of the trip was the process I had to go through to get a visa for either country. I have to say that I reckon that visas to most countries have very little do with security and immigration but are more a very nice cash [...]

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Indonesia tourism industry is arguably growing. This year, number of foreign tourists visiting the archipelago nation will surpass 7 million, beating forecast of 6.7 million. Numerous airlines (some of them might be something new to you) are adding Indonesia into their new routes, in addition to already flooded aviation market. Recently, we just got information [...]

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Besides the gigantic Lion Air, Indonesia is host to many other privately-owned airlines, Batavia Air, Mandala Air, and Sriwijaya Air are 3 major airlines carry millions of passenger every year and fly both domestically and internationally. GNFI has many times posted about Lion Air, Mandala, and Batavia Air. It’s now Sriwijaya Air’s turn. Sriwijaya’s name [...]

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Remember GEA? A car brand prototyped by PT Inka in Madiun, and it was one among many brands to be expected to be Indonesian next national car. Even Indonesia has long been known as a car-producing country, and still produces international brands. And PT Inka knows that many Indonesians want to have a home-grown brand. Then [...]

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This week has been really lovely, and I might raise many eyebrows to tell you all that it’s because of the Farnborough International Airshow which is held 19-25 July in Hants, UK. Airshow, is actually where you find masterpieces of world masters in aviation industry, not only commercial aircrafts, but also military ones. There, you [...]

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GNFI once posted that Jakarta-based Kartika Airline planned to purchase 14 SuperJet from Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Industrie, Russia. Now, it changes the plan. It’s not 14, it’s 30. This is truly something to look forward to, as Kartika Airline will be one of the first customers of Superjet 100. Both parties, Russia’s Sukhoi Civil Aircraft [...]

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