Flying the ONLY FIRST CLASS Route on GARUDA INDONESIA’S 777: Jakarta to Amsterdam
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- Happy New Years to you all!
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Welcome to the flag carrier of Indonesia! Today we are flying the only First Class route left in their network. They’ve had an interesting past in the news, but today we are testing out what their premium service is like. Is it worth the cost? Let me know your thoughts below… I also realized I left out the shots from the first class lavatory. You can take my word that it’s nothing too special, but it does include instructions on how to use a toilet.
Airline: Garuda Indonesia
Aircraft: B777-3U3(ER)
Registration: PK-GIF
Flight Number: GA88
Flight Time: 14h 11m
Flight Date: Dec 18, 2023
Cost: $3,800
0:00 Intro
1:28 Check In
2:23 Garuda First Class Lounge
5:35 Boarding
6:29 The SUITE!
9:07 Amenities
10:36 Route History
11:42 CGK Departure
14:14 Entertainment
17:47 Dinner Service
19:08 Bedtime!
21:22 Mid Flight Snack
22:46 Breakfast Service
23:19 Garuda’s Struggles
26:26 AMS Arrival
27:21 Final Thoughts
29:52 AMS VIP Terminal?!
Even out back in Economy, Garuda is one of the better full service airlines. They gave out meal boxes even for a short domestic flight and their crew were always courteous and smiling.
That’s awesome! I love when airlines do that!
That's a 5 stars airlines of Indonesia even domestic short flight, full in service Pre-in-post flight will be feeling better than others.
I LOVE the arrival care!! This should be the standard for all first class customers regardless of carrier.
Totally agree! It’s all the little things that add up to make a first class experience really work
Their cabin crew is Garuda’s back bone in their service , I could say even we have a neighbour that a world best airlines , when there is a route that Garuda flies , it’s always better than the world best , a warm attentive service delivered by their FA can be felt even in economy class
Yes there are so many things need to be improved , but from this video I’m glad Garuda really set the bar high in First class
Thank you for great video
I flew on Garuda Indonesia's B777 Executive/Business Class from Jeddah, back home to Jakarta. The experience was great onboard Garuda Indonesia, it will forever be a memory as the first experience I had on REAL business class. *(the other business classes i rode before were not overnight)*
Interesting! I’d love to try out their business class
Garuda's longest running bans in Europe were for repeated safety violations, particularly with aircraft maintenance. If they've finally sorted that, then they're worth considering.
I've flown with them a few times, and the cabin crew were always lovely and helpful. Piloting on one flight was terrible, with the worst landing I've ever experienced, however, it was a triangle route and while we were waiting to re-board for the next leg, we saw the crew come out of a service door, with the pilots being berated by the stewardesses for the terrible landing. 😁 The next leg had a new crew and the flight was fine.
Thanks for reminder not to visit Nederland anymore as the real third world has always been Western world, real rich will never colonize other, as simple as that.
I am a third-generation of the Indonesian diaspora in the Netherlands and in the past we often flew with Garuda. Compared to KLM that flies to two Indonesian destinations daily, Garuda has better meals, seats and the personal service is much better. In addition, Garuda flies directly between Amsterdam and Jakarta, with KLM making a stopover in Kuala Lumpur or Singapore.
Nevertheless, I fly with KLM, because Garuda is unfortunately an unreliable airline due to mismanagement.
Before the pandemic in 2019, Garuda made many constant flight changes, which irritated many Dutch holidaymakers. The changes were made when people already booked a ticket, or the schedule changed when they were in Indonesia.
- The KLM flight Amsterdam-Denpasar (Bali) is a great success, something Garuda also noticed. So Garuda suddenly changed its scheduled service from Jakarta to Medan. And from Medan, travelers could transfer to Denpasar. The first generation of the Indonesian diaspora complained about this, mainly older people are born in the Jakarta and Bandung area. Garuda always flew directly to Jakarta and now they had to change in Medan on Sumatra.
- Garuda thought they would attract wealthy travelers from London with their first class. Amsterdam became a stopover and Garuda flew on to London Heathrow. This was later changed to London Gatwick. A little later, London was canceled again and Amsterdam became the final destination again.
- Garuda suddenly stops with Medan again, but the stopover to and from Amsterdam is now in the Middle East.
- The pandemic begins and Garuda no longer flies to Amsterdam at all. After the pandemic, Garuda will only fly to Amsterdam three flights a week.
- KLM is more expensive than the Middle Eastern airlines that also fly to Indonesia. However, Garuda is even more expensive than KLM. There is much more potential for Garuda in the Netherlands, given the large Indonesian diaspora of almost two million. As a start, Garuda should simply fly to Schiphol every day.
There is also a large Moluccan community in the Netherlands that still feels very connected to the South Moluccas. The tradition is that the young generation visits the birthplace of their ancestors once in their lives. The second generation of Moluccans also travels en masse to Ambon. But the Moluccans from the Netherlands do not have an easy journey to the Moluccas because there is no smooth transfer from a KLM flight in Jakarta to a domestic flight to Ambon. The Moluccans often have to spend one night in a hotel and travel to the Moluccas the next day. Garuda finally noticed this too. For example, Garuda changed the timetable from Amsterdam, so that the Moluccans in Jakarta had a smooth transition to Ambon. Garuda advertised extensively in the Netherlands and the Moluccans booked with Garuda. But what happened after six months? Garuda changed the timetable and the Moluccans still had to spend a night in Jakarta.
The Garuda staff is excellent but there is a lot of mismanagement from the top down. Like the CEO of Garuda secretly smuggling a Harley Davidson from Amsterdam into the belly of the Garuda plane.
This is all great stuff! Good info to know after having flown this route!
Could not agree more unfortunately, I flew Emirates and then onto Ambon , price wise and service was better
Not all you wrote is a truth.
The former CEO has long gone.
This is 2023/2024 not the past and I know Indonesia lot better than you as I am also an old Royal of Indonesia before the republic also lived in The Netherlands between 2003 till end 2010.
Seriously too many historical sabotage by the west about Indonesia including in formal school books!
Coffee is also native to Indonesia not brought by the Dutch, even world map is wrong, inaccurate since Mercator projection 1569, Real Indonesia is Huge as Russia even much richer than the rest of the world.
Yes, I am a complete multiracial multilingual living around the world all alone since childhood, also fluent in Dutch, Formal Arabic and former musiim (no more into anything Middle East anything from it including Judaism and Christianity).
In fact Indonesia is so old much older than eruption of Toba Supervolcano 75,000 years ago, center of world's advance civilization here, people from the west only brought negativity here as because poverty is the nature there in the west including the mindset.
Thanks for reminder not to visit Nederland anymore as the real third world has always been Western world, real rich will never colonize other, as simple as that.
That last thing that you mentioned is actually the real reason why Garuda switched their routes by including Medan. So that the CEO can offload some of his illegally imported goods without having to go through the strict customs check in Jakarta
Flew with them back in 1978 Bali to Kai Tak on a DC10-10. As a 15-year old having an hydraulic failure and an emergency landing in Denpasar was truly exciting. Unsure would feel the same now! Nearly half a century later and they look Customercentric. Nice work Garuda.
How you provide excellent videos each week is beyond me. Your channel content is always fresh. I believe that you have set aviation videos standard at a very high bar. Keep up the fantastic work. Looking forward to next Sunday.
very kind of you! Thanks!
The chicken dish you inquired from the lounge is called bistik ayam. Its basically a classic, Dutch influenced chicken steak.
The dish both chicken or beef based, is popular amongst the older generation of Indonesians
Good to know. Thanks!
Thank you for flying with us. Also, thank you for the very kind review. I Hope you have a wonderful life❤
Thanks! It was a wonderful flight!
@@PatrickSheaAviation my pleasure 🙏
Great video as always! Glad u were able to enjoy the VIP lounge in AMS. That’s a special treat.
Thanks! I agree about that VIP lounge!
WOW... Nice flight report as always. Garuda Indonesia services so excellent and the food so fantastic. Wish you enjoy the flight #thumb-up
Thanks man!
A nice review on Garuda.
Honestly a very nice aesthetic in First Class. I like how they did colours, patterns and ease of use for the passenger. They really thought through the whole design process.
Quite sad though that it’s disappearing…
Agreed. Although there is definitely less demand for first class now that a lot of carriers are really perfecting business class
@@PatrickSheaAviation That’s so true. Just look at some of what are praised as best business class candidates out there.
Showing this video alone despite the minor discrepancies (I know one person was pointing at it TOO HARD.) it kept my hopes alive that, 777-300ER is STILL here, with us, the Indonesian's flagship. Thank you for the video :'D
Thanks! Glad you liked it! It was a great flight
Service makes up for a lot - care, attention to detail, personalisation, warmth, consideration - all of these need to be there, as well as amazing food and hard product because it costs A LOT of money to fly 1st - you need to feel you are getting what you paid for. It looks like Garuda understand that - a great flight and review Happy New Year Patrick - look forward to your vlogs next year!
Couldn’t agree more! Happy new year!
Very impressive. Thanks for sharing.
The biggest let down of almost all First Class experiences is ground arrivals. All that personal attention, only to be thrown into the trash with the rest of the hoi polloi.
So that VIP service at the end was special. That AMS VIP lounge reminds me very much of the one at SIN that you can use if you buy certain meet & greet services, but with a half decent food menu!
Totally agree! Good to know about SIN! I’ve never messed with first class there… it’s always a million dollars
Thanks for reminder not to visit Nederland anymore as the real third world has always been Western world, real rich will never colonize other, as simple as that.
Looks like a great product on the ground when departing Jakarta. GA's European network has seen many changes (even before the pandemic in 2020) and London was eventually axed. Even when GA operated out of London the airline did not provide the sort of ground handling amenities which were shown in this video.
Definitely. The Amsterdam market is a unique one for them. There’s a reason it’s the only one that has maintained this high level of service
I sincerely thank you to try the Garuda Indonesia flight, also for the good wish, and of course the positive review. The world needs to know this experience and you have presented it very nicely. May success also always with you.
Thanks a ton! It was a great experience!
Fantastic video!
Thanks!
The Indonesian guy reflected in the window cracks me up.
Once again, love your knowledgeable reviews!
Thanks!
Amazing, first time with garuda anda so exclusive moment, thx Garuda ❤
I didn’t realize Pacific Ocean is usually turbulent. Great video Patrick!
Fantástico video y buenísimos comentarios, que tengas un buen año 2024.
Thank you for flying Garuda Indonesia, i wish u fly again oneday
Patrick very enjoyable and informative to watch cheers mate. I really like how you get right into depth with the airlines. And the route map of this particular flight would have been amazing.
Thanks! Good note
Thanks for another very informative and interesting video. I've never flown Garyda so nice to know.
Thanks!
Fantastic review Patrick! My first view of you on You Tube! Garuda was a great choice and usually widely ignored. I'm an ex KLM 747 pilot and obviously had a lot to do with Garuda and Jakarta! Retired now in New Zealand. Excellent job my friend your critical notes/points are very important! Keep up the good work!! Flip.
Awesome! Thanks! I probably saw you land a few hundred times at SFO before the 74s went away
Mohon maaf apakah anda mengenal Capt Aloysius Sutanto , capt Garuda indonesia , sekarang Beliau sdh Almarhum 2019 😢😭😭
Amazing Video! I tracked this flight going the other way
Awesome!
Hello, I'm from INDONESIA 🇮🇩
Thanks for the review. 😉
The luxurious mini terminal is a VIP lounge on Schiphol's landside. This VIP lounge is mainly used for passengers of private planes, but famous world music stars are also received here. The cheapest VIP room starts at €600.
I saw that after that fact…. Crazy!
Very tiny Amsterdam is so poor so is with Schiphol.
Nothing special about eternal criminals.
Even Indonesians cuisine in Nederland are so fake.. because everything is imported.
INDONESIA is World's no. 1 most beautiful country by FORBES.
1st place winner of world's best sustainable transportation (STA 2021), world's longest dedicated bus lane, to Southeast Asia's First Bullet Train Faster Than Shinkansen Japan, and now World's First Modern High-tech Suite Class Train with Royalty Like Treatment.
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The corruption is rooted in just few thousand years Judaism - Christianity - Islam not native to Southeast Asia.
Indonesia is the true Ancient Modern center of all civilization long before mega eruption of Toba Sumatra 75,000 years ago resulted today world's largest volcanic lake Toba Sumatra with diameter around 100 kilometers.
Including 25,000 years old Gunung Padang pyramid.
Indo Nesos = Indus Islands = Indonesia = World's Largest Archipelago with over 17,000 islands.
World's richest natural resources exactly on the center of the equator line been pictured too small since Mercator projection 1569 while in reality Indonesia is huge as Russia and even much richer than the rest of the world.
It's Ancient Hindu Temple beneath Al-Aqsa Jerusalem.
Hajar Aswad/Black Rock and Mecca are just Lingam Shiva (Hindu).
Judaism/Christianity/Islam are just results of corrupted Hindu in India (BHARAT means West in Indonesian which is India) The Real Original Hindu is from Indonesia not from India.
Judaism/Christianity/Islam are just the same dumb of very poor in everything Middle East and should stay there, no wonder jews/christians/muslims are equally so dumb.
As I always state:
Thus not a complete multiracial not multilingual never been living around the world all alone since childhood are just the same never evolved dumb apes stuck inside your tiny boxes your entire life and not learning from the past to evolve better.
That includes you and your world leaders 😉 and majority of people worldwide including local Indonesians, all are the same dumb.
Animals = animation, animated, programmed by others unconsciously = majority of people worldwide.
Monkey See, Monkey Do.
Born complete multiracial multilingual Indonesian Royal Mix, living around the world all alone since childhood.
I am a sigma male, undefeatable.
Indonesia was not, is not and will never be Islamic country.
World map is inaccurate since Mercator projection 1569.
In reality Indonesia is huge as Russia including our ocean and even much richer.
Even much bigger before West and Middle East came took our former Australia, Singapore, Malaysia+Brunei, South Thailand, The Philippines, Vietnam even Madagascar Africa.
Actually countries in Europe are just regencies and provinces in Indonesia.
Why there are too many housings for sale in Europe? Because everything is so fcuking fake there, even the food and beverages are fake even Oud/Agarwood are so fake there as they know nothing about real ones.
Even their fancy standards are based on their very poor nature, notice their fancy brands are only for mediocre people.
Even fastfood like KFC, McDonald's and such taste like plastic there. Bring those fast food in Indonesia to Europe they will crown them as better than Michelin Star as really even fastfood here in Indonesia are much better than in very poor nature Europe, etc.
Thank you for visiting my country dude and using The Indonesian Flag Carrier :)
Totally! It was a ton of fun
Great Video Review...by the way, I ride a "Santa Cruz" reissue skateboard....so appreciate seeing the Santa Cruz logo on your shirt...have an excellent 2024 and look forward to more reviews...cheers
Santa Cruz all the way bro!
You got me at three pillows. Another excellent, comprehensive, entertaining review, Patrick. You just keep getting better and better. Congratulations! Happy New year 2024!
Thanks a ton! Happy new year!
i remember when i was younger, SQ had really great service and Garuda was on par with SQ in those days, early 2000s, same with Qatar, well nowadays it's a different story, is expanding more to the budget airlines with their sub brand citilink
Garuda was never ever on par with SQ or KLM or others. No way near. Garuda actually was one of if not the last airlines that allowed smoking on its flights. So all the chain smokers gathered and took Garuda. Horrendous.
Thank you for flying Garuda Indonesia :)
Thanks! It was great
First class lounge looks ok , i was a month ago in Business class lounge yes in the new terminal its a absolute “ S” food below average etc etc
I can assure you after travelling through SEL premium transit many times,if KE crew see you or asked by concierge,they step aside for you esp if KE F Pax
so happy that my favorite aviation youtuber making a review of my country flaghship carrier btw the food that you eat on 04.40 is just ordinary chicken steak , its more delicious because the add of spices especially on the sauce
Good to know! It was incredible! Thanks man!
by the looks of it, i think that's a chicken roulade
the pre-flight personalization is quite impressive and the l'Occitane shower products were a nice highlight in the airport/lounge experience but felt bad you couldn't sort out the hot shower action #boofriggs sweet you had the entire cabin to yourself while enjoying your welcome drink of a juice from a fruit you've never heard of before lol the slippers look on point though even if they weren't a perfect fit - here's to more adventures in 2024!
Ha! Thanks! Cheers to 2024!
Great review!
Thanks!
Totally miss GA’s 1st Class experience. It is good to see they still keep their standard up. I just flew their Business Class to Seoul and back and the service was impeccable both ways. Foods were so yummy. The only things I dislike was the Jakarta T3 Business Class Lounge and the missing of good Internet on the way back and the unavailability of menu cards for Business class both ways.
Interesting! I guess I’ll have to try out the business class some day
The only problem is that GA Business Class lounge at CGK is very poorly run. Menu card is also not yet available. Everything else except for the occasional old config widebodies iis top notch.
love your content❤
Thanks!
WOLW cool travel vlog! You always go to the coolest places. A chauffeur even ... Very nice suite! I wonder why it was so empty? OMG the food looks great. I would probably max out on the premium champagne!!! MASSAGE FEATURE ?!?!?!?!?
Thanks! Sounds like this cabin is usually diplomats and political members. So I guess there wasn’t any on this flight 🤷♂️
Happy New Year to you Patrick. By the way they are the second five star Skytrax rated Airline in Skyteam Alliance after Korean Air. One thing I can see between this one and the Philippine Airlines Mabuhay class B777-300er you did is that this B777-3U3/ER has better product and services than the PR version. Yet equal or almost close to the Korean Air version. If you want to do this on the other five star Airlines that go to SFO these are BR Royal laurel class & NH from Star Alliance that have B777-300ers
Heck yea man! Those are on my list!
Great flight
Can confirm they're way rougher way back in the days before they got unbanned from europe. It was so bad that it made lion air loooked like (and at that time probably) the top tier airline. I'm glad they've fully reformed and got a sweet new livery compared to before
Garuda is one of the few airlines that still has the roomy 9-abreast configuration in Boeing 777. All European and most other airlines have the awful cramped 3-4-3 config. That alone makes Garuda a winner for economy passengers, i reckon.
That 3-3-3 is a big time winner in my eyes!
KLM premium economy is also 3-3-3.
@@EGO0808 That’s incorrect. KLM premium economy is 2-4-2 in Boeing 777 and 2-3-2 in Boeing 787.
@@kevonvideo you’re right, my bad. Only the mid section is 3 on a row, the outer ones are 2 / double.
Wasn’t sure how the first class experience team or the chauffeur felt when they picked you up from a Fairfield Inn, but nice video as always
Ha! When you’re staying at the airport hotel beggars can’t always be choosers
Nice review, mate! I just subscribe your channel, nice videos! I hope Garuda will be restarting First Class Service to Tokyo as well. Oh, fun fact, they sometimes deploy this plane on domestic flight from Jakarta to Bali and they sell the ticket for First Class cabin
Thanks! Welcome! I would doubt they bring it back on more routes, but would definitely be fun
nice video bro..airlines with the best crew of the year, by the way in Garuda F cls you may use all the vacant seat, 2D as your private dinning seat, 1A as your private seat for working using your laptop and chill out, and your origin seat always set as your sleeping bed. the crew will set up for everything you need. because u have your own private compartment in whole F cls😊
Totally. That’s how they set up the bed for me. I used my seat for chillin and workin and the other seat for sleeping
Garuda is still around? WOW...I remember flying the JKT-Biak-Honolulu-LA route back in the days....haven't flown Garuda since then. I think Garuda is still banned to fly into the US. Shout out to Jakarta International School in Cilandak! Let's go Dragons!
It would be fun to see Garuda reach the US again. Nonstop to the mainland is a hell of a journey though!
New shoes! I'm with you on Caviar. A plane is the only place I eat it. I actually like the sides more than it itself. But if's part of F experience.
You got a good point. The lounge food was a 10/10 for me though
Wow, what an experience.....I love caviar.....what service!!!!!
Totally!
top notch service! the rest they might need a lot of upgrades.
Superb 👌
Thanks man!
The delicious food is all I need on this trip LOL! Indonesian cuisine is similar to Philippine cuisine so I'd happily eat it all up. Happy New Year!
- Red
Totally! Thanks! Happy new year man!
Brilliant not blasphemous 😊
Bangga sekali menjadi orang Indonesia❤
Haven't flown GA for years now (prefer SQ or ANA), partly for the same reasons mentioned in the chapter "Garuda's Struggles," and partly for convenience (I'm based in L.A.), but wish them well, and hope they live long and prosper.
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GA used to fly Los Angeles-Honolulu-Biak-Denpasar-Jakarta. Now they dont fly to North America at all. I Wish for a CGK/DPS-HNL-LAX route again
Have they not offered kopi luwak coffee in 1st? 😉 could have been a huge differentiation point
Great experience
Hi Patrick
I enjoyed another awesome flight report from you again.
Given a choice, I will not choose Garuda unless they have a very good offer from Singapore.
Many Indonesians will still choose Singapore Airlines no matter how expensive the airtickets are. They can show off to their friends that they can afford to travel Singapore Airlines.
Another issue being that the crews serve Ang Mohs(Whites) with more attentions than to Asians.
Anyway those are subjective comments/views from Asian travellers and hope to see better future for them.
Interesting. Well my flight was wonderful, even if first class offered a skewed view to be fair
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That missing u at the start of the video shows you everything you need to know about the airline.
Does it though? Because the flight was incredible 🤨🤨
well you were in first class!@@PatrickSheaAviation
Gosh dang now I really wanna try Garuda lol
Totally! It was great!
It's interesting the difficulties Garuda faced could have been better handled over those crucial years had they not purchased the 777s. It was the wrong model aircraft purchase for many reasons.
Hey nice video buddy! How did you booked this flight?
I got this one through some Korean travel agency I believe it was
Looks great, especially your post-flight and private terminal treatment. However, I’m always worried about traveling on an airline that seems to be winding-down their First-Class service. Travelled on South African just before they stopped their First Class service…and the flight was absolutely atrocious!!!
Their Amsterdam route may be the main reason it sticks around since diplomats and political members seem to use it a ton. Who knows I guess
Garuda still has one of the best cabin service. Unfortunately the upper management caused huge financial problems
Sounds like that’s definitely the case. I enjoyed it all from my POV though at least!
Garuda was actually the lost kid of KLM. Garuda got named KLM-IIB before replace it with garuda indonesian airways.
GA has never had it easy. Constantly playing catch up with the likes of Singapore, ANA, and Thai. It’s not one of those carriers that you know is gonna be a sh*t experience like Air Canada, with delays after delays and eventually cancellations, so you come in with no expectations and feel lucky to board at all. GA has a lot on its table with no way of managing their customer’s expectations. So once you’re let down by them, it’s hard to put it into words. It’s great that GA still has it in them to make your experience a memorable one. I just hope they can keep moving up from now.
Great content. I'm hoping to have my first business flight to Spain In a couple of months can't wait
That will be great! Safe travels!
I flew garuda Indonesia before but it was not good but not bad either, from bandung to lampung, The aircraft was a small ATR 72, a turboprop plane, the turbulence scared me because when i was flying it i was still a kid, but im glad other people enjoy their flights on other planes in the fleet, Oh yea, The ATR 72 is getting replaced by the A220 in the near future.
Interesting. Those domestic routes are definitely a different experience, but the A220s will be fun
Wowzers, their inflight entertainment looks very early 2010 XD
Ha. Kinda a throwback 🤷♂️
18:29 A makeshift guava Bellini can never be blasphemous lol. Also it’s hard tell from the video but the appetizer at the lounge could be one of their stuffed chicken dishes (like ayam kodok), or ayam rica rica or Indonesian skewers that have been deskewered? Check ‘‘em out online and see what you think.
Good to know!!
Man, can't believe you didn't have the beef rendang!
🤷♂️🤷♂️ idk man. I just went with their suggestions on this oje
what is the name of background music track at 00:10?
Your fave is Chicken Rolade
Garuda is a fantastic airline but most wealthy Indonesians use Singapore Airlines.
Their routes to Australia are popular.
It sounds to be that way. Probably why their London service never really worked out
It's pretty much a decade old product. A remnant of the second peak (though not the golden era) of GIA between 2010-2017. Then after, as you have mentioned, mismanagement and bunch of corruption scandals brought the airline to its knee. Changes and "rescue" efforts has been made but it's still a long way to go. The next few years is crucial for the airline, it's either we would see them bouncing back once again, or just a part of Indonesian aviation history.
As for why GIA as the flag carrier isn't the largest airline, well... being a flag carrier ≠ largest airline. Taking the Republic of Ireland for example, its flag carrier is Aer Lingus but Ryanair is Ireland's largest airline.
That is all fair enough. It sounds like Garuda is really ironing out its post-pandemic identity and hopefully in a few years, we will see how well they’re able to establish themselves within Indonesia and Asia
@@PatrickSheaAviation Only time will tell. Though, observing here locally, I gotta say that it's leaning towards like Alitalia/ITA Airways situation.
I hope Garuda Indonesia expands Europe by adding Frankfurt.
garuda is very well known for its service in indonesia, and sadly also well known for the sketchy management, very true 🥲
That does suck because when things go well it sounds like they’re a great airline. They just gotta keep it consistent
It would just make sense to operate the incoming a330-800 to London for range and capacity
900
@@anjingUK they do have the 800 coming in too bud
@@malvinjnrn7784 I thought they’re not getting them anymore as they are pretty much almost bankrupt?
I’d be curious if they add a London route just considering it’s absolutely disastrous history
@@PatrickSheaAviation I could work… but the trouble with Indonesia/Indonesians it’s all about “status”. They won’t want to fly there without a first class. If they thought with their heads they should get smaller planes for the load factor and focus on their business class and introduce a premium economy but they’ll never do that.
I flew them once in F from Tyo and only pax ,many deadheading pilots and crew sat there after meal service.
Found out that only had F due to high ranking politicians and bureaucrats wanted the service as when no F class they flew F on SQ
Interesting. Good to know
In fact some Indonesians consider SIA as their unofficial national airline !
Really the best reviews,Patrick by far.
Keep up the great work and safe travels.
Even experienced self funded travellers like me enjoy them and I personally get many q from people privately on Chinese airlines and safety/traffic control systems after 259 flights.
Ps
Sam Chui only travels after request for free time and upgrades and airlines are afraid of him and I have been on several of his flights where his behaviour is unacceptable.
The route changes were also due to slot restrictions at lhr and runway restrictions at bali and Jakarta.
But GA already had slots at LHR ! As for the Jakarta restrictions (because of the weak runway) GA would operate to LHR with a SIN stop. GA would fly non-stop LHR to Jakarta.
Low cost airlines getting bigger than the flag carriers are not that surpising... try Hungary where Wizzair is the de facto flag carrier. Or the czeh repiblic where the LLC Smartwings owns the flag carrier and probably only keeps it "alive" (it only hs one plane) because of the long history of the brand (one of the oldest in europe)
Hello thanks for the review, Did you fully pay for this flight?
thanks! This one was all cash
The VIP Terminal at Schipol looks so beautiful! To be honest when an airline plasters their Skytrax ranking it rubs off the wrong way considering how the credibility of Skytrax is decreasing year after year.
Yea I hear ya on that. The SkyTrax award are an admittedly flawed system, but still better than nothing until we have a better replacement
Are you planning on doing the JFK to Tokyo flight via Japan airlines new A350 product for buisness class the photos that ive seen there buisness class and first class product look really good
Definitely! Not sure if I’ll be on an inaugural with the A350 but I definitely have it on my wishlist
@18:33 Parks and Recreation
You can also fly first class from Denpasar to Jakarta ;)
That is true. Not quite the same experience as the 14 hour long haul though
Indeed! Love your channel
the poisoned part was half true. it was assasination to mute the rebelling forces of the people
As an Indonesian myself Garuda itself has outstanding service and soft product. Its just a shame that their management is corrupt and bankrupt so most of their aircraft are outdated. I dont even know if I would be able to survive 14 hours on Garuda's 777 because of its outdated IFE
pls remind me of this vid
I used to think Garuda had the worst service so far, until i boarded Turkish Airlines.
Grass doesn't seem greener on the otherside.
26:21, But almost many passenger don't want to fly Indonesia'a low cost airline, Lion Air because of poor safety records and the Max 8 crash in 2018. I haven't flown Indonesia's low cost airline, Lion air, but I flew Lion air, but it's operated by Thai Lion air for the 1st time last May from Singapore to Bangkok's Don Mueang on the Boeing 737-800 and the flight and safety record is good and okay on a 2 hour flight.
The Max 8 issue wasn’t Lion Air fault. That’s like saying your BMW failed because of the BP fuel you used and it was BMW fault.
I see.
Great review of Garuda First Class. The arrival lounge was pretty nice especially the immigration services and privacy. Enjoyed watching your trip report; thanks for the video.
And to be fair, eating caviar (fancy fish eggs) lasts a couple seconds or minutes whereas a first class flight brings you to point A-B in comfort so the disassociative view of reluctance in spending a few hundred on caviar vs a few thousand on an experience is not irrational but fairly common. (Especially among aviation enthusiast). The exit experience alone with the peace and privacy, having immigration officials meet you than standing in line - likely all justified the price point.
I guess that’s fair! Thanks man!
Garuda seems to have improved a lot. They are now on par with the other worldly renowned airlines. Great job Garuda!