In Reply to: well said Dougie posted by kopu_kopu on Thursday, 15. March 2007 at 19:18 Bali Time:
is that Garuda has been raped and pillaged by employees, the "family"
et all for 30 years and would gone whatsits up last year without another cash injection from the government. They are a shadow of the former large airline they were and have cut services all over the world - especially to Europe.
This is true of all Indonesian government owned companies ( the stealing ) but it does seem that Garuda is at least semi-serious about cleaning up it's act.
It would be nice to think that the current reorganisation will see a stronger airline with newer planes and less shrinkage - you used to be able to buy " especially bottled for Garuda" wine in Kuta no problem.
I have a little plaque for being on the inorgoral flight from Denpasar to Auckland and as Air NZ suspended their service years ago a resumption will probably be the only way Kiwi's will get a "direct" service to Bali.