Garuda Indonesia to Launch Nagoya Flights

Garuda Indonesia is to launch flights to Nagoya, Japan, in April 2015.

The Jakarta - Nagoya route will be operated with Airbus A330-200 aircraft which has a capacity of 222 with 36 business class and 186 economy class seats.

Garuda plans to operate the route 5 times per week.

President & CEO Garuda Indonesia Emirsyah Satar said that reopening the Nagoya route was a strategy to expand the Garuda network to Japan and beyond.

"Japan is very important to Garuda Indonesia. For more than 50 years, Garuda Indonesia has shown its support towards the diplomatic relations between Indonesia and Japan - especially in increasing economic, tourism and social activities between the two countries," said Emir.

Garuda Indonesia currently serves Japan with 39 weekly flights, these include Jakarta - Osaka (Kansai), Denpasar - Osaka (Kansai), Jakarta - Tokyo (Narita), Denpasar - Tokyo (Narita), Denpasar - Tokyo (Haneda), and Jakarta - Tokyo (Haneda).