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Garuda Indonesia wins the World's Most Improved Airline award at the 2010 World Airline Awards
Tuesday, May 25, 2010 13:54:13
Garuda Indonesia was named the winner of the World's Most Improved Airline Award at the 2010 World Airline Awards, that took place in Hamburg. (98 clicks)
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Pilot error or ATC bungle?
Saturday, May 22, 2010 12:00:00
DGCA investigators are highly skilled at solving the mystery of plane crashes. But with Air India Express Flight IX-812, they are tackling a different puzzle: What went wrong to cause the pilot to overshoot the runway by as much as 1,500 feet? (118 clicks)
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Susi Air shows off new Avanti
Thursday, September 10, 2009 12:00:00
Indonesia's largest private operator Susi Air has been on display at the static park this week, showing off the latest aircraft in its fleet - the Piaggio Avanti II. (593 clicks)
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Garuda Charged in Australia with Price-Fixing
Sunday, September 06, 2009 12:00:00
(9/6/2009) Garuda Indonesia has been charged by the Australian Consumer and Competition Commission (ACCC) for conspiring to fix air cargo prices. (399 clicks)
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Indonesia Tightens Aviation Security
Saturday, September 05, 2009 12:00:00
Former Garuda Employee's Links to Terror Cell Prompts Tighter Security Procedures on Passengers, Crew and Cargo at Indonesia Airports. (429 clicks)
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Bali Introduces 'Visa-Before-Arrival'
Saturday, September 05, 2009 12:00:00
(9/5/2009) Inbound passengers to Bali on board Garuda Indonesia flights from Tokyo are seeing their waiting time at Balis airport reduced by virtue of a new on board immigration service now in operation. (372 clicks)
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Garuda Targets Successful US$400 Million Public Offering
Saturday, August 29, 2009 12:00:00
(8/29/2009) Bisnis.com reports that State-owned Airline Garuda Indonesia is hoping to reap between US$100 and US$400 million in their initial public offering (IPO) of shares to the public. (339 clicks)
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Garuda Enlists Indonesia's Air Force
Saturday, August 29, 2009 12:00:00
(8/29/2009) Garuda Indonesia is creating new frameworks for cooperation with the Indonesian Air Force in the area of human resources. (370 clicks)
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Garuda Increases Seat Capacity for Lebaran Holidays
Saturday, August 29, 2009 12:00:00
(8/29/2009) Garuda Indonesia will add 42,226 seats to its scheduled services operating September 16 – 28, 2009, to meet an expected surge in demand over the Islamic Lebaran holidays. The extra seats will be create by adding extra flights or increasing the size of aircraft used on an existing 17 domestic and 7 international routes. (337 clicks)
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Bali's Airport: A Goose that Lays Golden Eggs
Monday, August 17, 2009 12:00:00
(8/17/2009) While Bali’s Ngurah Rai International Airport is the focus of much criticism concerning poor management, over-commercialization and appalling service, the managers of the airport recently presented “the other side of the story” detailing the many financial contributions made by the airport’s operation to the local economy. (385 clicks)
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Prosecutors to Pursue Immigration Corruption Scandal?
Saturday, August 15, 2009 12:00:00
(8/15/2009) As reported on balidiscovery.com, State Auditors recently uncovered the misappropriation of Rp. 3 billion (US$300,000) in visa-on-arrival fees committed by 44 members of the immigration service assigned to Bali's Ngurah Rai International Airport. (314 clicks)
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Hudson divers seek 2 victims, hope to raise plane
Monday, August 10, 2009 17:00:00
HOBOKEN, N.J. – Divers hope to pull a plane out of the Hudson River on Monday, but their first priority is to recover the bodies of two remaining victims of the air collision that killed nine people, a chief investigator said. (428 clicks)
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Divers to resume Hudson search in midair collision
Monday, August 10, 2009 15:00:00
HOBOKEN, N.J. – While families and friends mourn the loss of loved ones in a midair collision over the Hudson River, divers return to the murky waters Monday to resume their search for bodies and wreckage. (451 clicks)
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New Offices and New Look for Garuda Indonesia
Saturday, July 25, 2009 12:00:00
(7/25/2009) President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyon has formally inaugurated the new head corporate offices
for Garuda Indonesia located at Jakarta's Soekarno-Hatta Airport. (409 clicks)
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Garuda Reports Stabile Passenger Loads
Saturday, July 25, 2009 12:00:00
(7/25/2009) Garuda Indonesia reports that the Jakarta terrorist bombings of July 17, 2009, have had minimal effect on passenger loads ex-Australia to Bali (426 clicks)
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Garuda : No Thanks Linus Airways and Star Air
Sunday, July 19, 2009 12:00:00
(7/19/2009) Garuda Indonesia has abandoned plans to acquire either Linus Airways or Star Air following the formal revocation on July 26, 2008, of the operating licenses of the two air carriers by the Indonesian Department of Civil Aviation. (527 clicks)
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EU Lifts Ban on Four Indonesian Airlines
Sunday, July 19, 2009 12:00:00
EU Ends 2 Year Blacklisting of Indonesian Aviation Opening Way for European Flights by Indonesian Airlines. Europeans Travelers No Longer Discouraged from Flying Domestic Carriers. (539 clicks)
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Black Boxes From Iranian Air Crash Found
Thursday, July 16, 2009 12:00:00
BEIRUT, Lebanon — Investigators said Thursday they had found two of the three flight data recorders that were on board the Iranian passenger plane that crashed and exploded shortly after takeoff from Tehran on Wednesday. (290 clicks)
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Iranian Tu-154M crash kills 168
Thursday, July 16, 2009 12:00:00
A Caspian Airlines Tu-154M crashed yesterday morning shortly after takeoff from Tehran, killing all 156 passengers and 12 crew onboard in the fourth major fatal commercial accident this year and the third in just a little over six weeks. (251 clicks)
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Jet Airways to launch Hyderabad-Dubai service
Thursday, July 16, 2009 12:00:00
Indian carrier Jet Airways will launch daily services to Hyderabad from Dubai next month, it was announced on Wednesday. (212 clicks)
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Garuda Denies Its Pilot Tested Positive with A-H1N1
Thursday, July 16, 2009 06:33:00
JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - The management of Indonesia’s national flag-carrier PT Garuda Indonesia (Garuda) firmly denied that one of its pilots known by his initial WA (37), was once tested positive with the swine flu.
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First Flight For Belite Ultralight
Wednesday, July 15, 2009 12:00:00
The single-place Belite ultralight, which evolved from an earlier Kitfox design, flew for the first time on July 4, the company said this week. Although the company had announced a first flight a couple of weeks ago, that initial effort was described as only a test hop down the runway, with more extensive flight testing to come soon. (208 clicks)
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Goodbye, Columbus -- Cessna Cancels Extra-Large Jet Program
Tuesday, July 14, 2009 12:00:00
When Cessna put the Columbus program on hold in April, hope remained that the jet, which would have been Cessna's biggest ever, would reappear sometime in the future. Don't write the Columbus off your radar screen, said Lewis Campbell, CEO of Textron, Cessna's parent company, at the time. (173 clicks)
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Air France Investigation Enters Next Phase
Sunday, July 12, 2009 12:00:00
Multiple submarines remain in the search for sunken debris, but they will no longer be actively listening for emergency signals from the recorders aboard Air France Flight 447. (318 clicks)
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Corruption Scandal at Bali's Airport
Saturday, July 11, 2009 12:00:00
(7/11/2009) DenpPost reports that 44 immigration officials are now being examined by the Anti-Corruption Board (BPK) in connection with the suspected embezzlement of Rp. 3 billion (US$294,000) by immigration officials at Bali's Ngurah Rai International Airport. (149 clicks)
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AirAsia to Fly Twice Daily Bali-Perth
Saturday, July 11, 2009 12:00:00
7/11/2009) AirAsia (Indonesia) is doubling its capacity between Bali and Perth, Western Australia, by adding a second daily frequency. (178 clicks)
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FAA To Create Aeronautical Chart Cartel?
Saturday, July 11, 2009 12:00:00
If your FBO doesn't sell $5,000 worth of charts annually, it might not be selling any charts to anyone after Oct. 5, 2009 -- that's when the FAA and National Aeronautical Navigation Services (formerly NACO) new Chart Agent criteria take effect. (228 clicks)
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Marketing And Adventure For Sling LSA Promoters
Saturday, July 11, 2009 12:00:00
Two men plan to fly their Rotax-912S-powered, aluminum-constructed and modified D6 Sling light sport airplane (not as modified) around the world, carrying up to 118 gallons in each wing for the longer legs, including at least one over-ocean stretch of more than 2,000 nautical miles. Mike Blyth and James Pitman hope to begin the journey at Johannesburg, South Africa this week (they're aiming for Thursday) and they expect to make a stop at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh. (189 clicks)
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Airshow Performer Clanton, Racer Miller Killed In Crashes
Saturday, July 11, 2009 12:00:00
It's been a tough week for performance pilots. Chandy Clanton, three-time member of the United States Unlimited Aerobatic Team and several time EAA AirVenture Oshkosh performer, was killed Friday in her Edge 540 ahead of the Wingnuts Flying Circus in Tarkio, Mo. She was 36 years old. (284 clicks)
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NTSB Releases Probable Cause Of Fossett Crash -- Downdraft
Thursday, July 09, 2009 12:00:00
The NTSB has determined downdrafts were the probable cause of the fatal September 3, 2007, crash near Mammoth Lakes, Calif., of a Bellanca 8KCAB-180 piloted by Steve Fossett. The Board determined the aircraft inadvertently encountered descending air that exceeded the climb capabilities of the Bellanca, which was flying over mountainous terrain at a high density altitude. (235 clicks)
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Trislander Throws Blade, Loses Door In Flight
Thursday, July 09, 2009 12:00:00
It was like an explosion going off inside the plane, a passenger of a Great Barrier Airlines Trislander told the New Zealand Herald, after the aircraft's right engine threw at least one blade into the side of the aircraft as it carried 11, with an empty seat in the cabin ... where the blade hit. (296 clicks)
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EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2009, A Displays Extravaganza
Thursday, July 09, 2009 12:00:00
The collection of aircraft set for display at this year's (July 27 to August 2) EAA AirVenture Oshkosh airshow does not scream recession or depression and could prove to be among the best gatherings the group has put together. (202 clicks)
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Airplane Launches On Fuel-Cell Power
Wednesday, July 08, 2009 12:00:00
This Tuesday, the Antares DLR-H2 took off at Hamburg Airport in Germany using only power from fuel cells, a feat that its builders say is a first for a piloted aircraft. The motorglider, built by the German Aerospace Center, flies with zero carbon-dioxide emissions and is much quieter than similar aircraft. (146 clicks)
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Bel Air’s First AW139 Helicopter Named “Spirit of Agusta” Enters Service
Wednesday, July 08, 2009 12:00:00
AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, is pleased to announce that Bel Air’s first AW139 medium twin helicopter named “Spirit of Agusta” has entered service. The 12 seat configured aircraft, which has started flying offshore transport missions, was delivered to the Danish customer last month. This AW139 is the first of several that will be delivered to Bel Air. Additionally, Bel Air has also been appointed as official AgustaWestland Service Centre for the AW139 in Denmark. (159 clicks)
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EU to Lift Blacklisting for Four Indonesian Airlines
Monday, July 06, 2009 12:00:00
(7/6/2009) The Indonesian State News Agency Antara reports that the European Union (EU) blacklisting of all Indonesian airlines in place since 2007 is about to be lifted, at least for four Indonesian carriers, clearing the way for Indonesian-flagged air passenger service to commence sometime in the first half of 2010. (151 clicks)
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Shortcomings of Bali's Ngurah Rai Airport
Monday, July 06, 2009 12:00:00
(7/6/2009) To some degree echoing an article that appeared on Balidiscovery.com in May 2009 [Pak Legowo: Please Listen to the Governor ], Bali's governor Made Mangku Pastika has written an unusual and very public report on the abysmal conditions prevailing at Bali's Ngurah Rai International Airport. (150 clicks)
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Garuda Finalizing Acquisition of Star Air
Saturday, June 20, 2009 12:00:00
(6/20/2009) Unsuccessful in its bid to reach an agreement that would allow the purchase of 100% of the shares of Linus Airways, the national air carrier Garuda Indonesia is reported to be near finalizing an agreement to purchase Star Air. Both Linus Airways and Star Air ceased operations in 2008. (132 clicks)
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Trans-Atlantic flight lands safely after pilot dies
Friday, June 19, 2009 08:28:00
(AFP) - A Continental passenger plane en route from Brussels to New York landed safely at Newark airport Thursday after the pilot died during the flight in a rare mid-air drama, officials said. (324 clicks)
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Residents Resist Extension of North Bali Airport Runway
Saturday, June 13, 2009 12:00:00
(6/13/2009) After an impasse lasting several months, citizens whose residences are blocking plans to extend the runway of the Letkol Wisnu Sumberkima Airport in Buleleng are reported to be deadlocked on any agreement for compensation that would allow the demolishment of their homes and the expansion of the current runway. (188 clicks)
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Garuda to Purchase Defunct Linus Airways?
Sunday, June 07, 2009 12:00:00
(6/7/2009) Garuda Indonesia is considering a possible purchase of defunct Linus Airways as a short-cut to obtaining the needed operational certificates for their subsidiary Citilink.
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