As part of its continuous network expansion program, particularly of the Chinese market, Garuda Indonesia has officially launched a direct flight from Denpasar to Guangzhou.
Garuda Indonesia flies the Denpasar - Guangzhou (GA 896) route three times a week, every Tuesday, Friday and Sunday with a departure from Denpasar scheduled at 23:45 WITA and arriving in Guangzhou at 05:00 LT (local time). Meanwhile, the Guangzhou - Denpasar route (GA 897) is flown every Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday. Departure time from Guangzhou is at 06:15 LT and arrives in Denpasar at 12:00 WITA. On this new route, Garuda operates a Boeing 737-800 NG with a capacity of 12 passengers in business class and 150 passengers in economy class.
Garuda Indonesia's Director of Services, Nicodemus P. Lampe said that the Denpasar - Guangzhou vv service is part of the airlines network expansion strategy, especially to China. China is a very important market for Garuda Indonesia and the Airline will continue to develop services to this country, explained Nicodemus.
With the launching of this new Denpasar Guangzhou service, Garuda now flies to China 24 times a week, to Shanghai - Jakarta vv (7 times), Beijing - Jakarta vv (4 times), Beijing - Denpasar vv (3 times), Guangzhou - Jakarta vv (7 times) and the newest service, Denpasar - Guangzhou Denpasar vv (3 times), added Nicodemus.