Garuda Indonesia will begin offering flights between Osaka and Jakarta in October as part of its international expansion strategy, the chief of the nation's flagship carrier said.
"Japan is one of the focuses that we would like to bring Indonesians," said Garuda President and CEO Emirsyah Satar said Friday at a Tokyo news conference, ahead of the first anniversary of its service between Tokyo's Haneda airport and Ngurah Rai International Airport in Denpasar, Bali, on April 28.
The new route from Kansai International Airport in Osaka will give western Japan access to Jakarta with four flights a week, according to Satar. Garuda already serves the city with daily flights from Narita airport.