A 5 Star Experience on GA from ICN to CGK

[ycp81]

An excellent trip report as always!

I also just read some news that GA is trying to reduce J-seats (due to the often low loading and GA's lingering financial problem). As quoted from Reuters: "Last month, Garuda posted a net loss of $219.5 million for the nine months ended September, widening from a $15 million loss in the same period a year earlier. "

The newly appointed CEO (Mr. Arif Wibowo, who used to be the head of Citilink) seems to believe that substituting the seats from J to Y will improve its performance.

Seems plausible as already, GA fits more J seats on its A330s than SQ (36/42 on GA vs 30 on SQ) and we don't see GA flying more J pax than SQ.

[YK@HKG]

36/42 vs 30 is already quite a substantial increase (i.e. 20/40% more). No wonder the new chief identifies this to be a problem.