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Thursday 10 September 2009 (20 Ramadan 1430)
Garuda ready for Haj operation
K.S. Ramkumar I Arab News
READY TO TAKE OFF: Elaf's Deputy CEO Tarik H. Nabulsi and Iswandi Said,
Garuda Indonesia's senior GM for Asia, Europe and Middle East, open Garuda's
new sales office in Jeddah on Tuesday night. (AN photo)
JEDDAH: Indonesia's national airline, Garuda Indonesia, plans to operate 261
Haj flights to transport the country's pilgrims for this year's annual
pilgrimage.
"We are sharing the transport arrangement for the Indonesian quota of 200,000
pilgrims in both Phase One and Two with Saudi Arabian Airlines like in the
previous years," Garuda Indonesia's senior general manager for Asia, Europe and
Middle East, said at the opening of its new general sales agent (GSA) office at
Al-Nakheel Center on Tuesday night. Elaf Group's Deputy CEO Tarik H. Nabulsi
and Iswandi Said jointly opened the new office. Elaf Aviation, part of the Elaf
Group, is the new GSA of Indonesia's national carrier for the Western Province.
The airline has been transporting thousands of pilgrims during the yearlong
Umrah season, Iswandi said. The carrier, with its fleet of 62 aircraft, serves
48 destinations within Indonesia and 22 others overseas.
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