PT (Persero) Perusahaan Penerbangan Garuda Indonesia, abbreviated to Garuda Indonesia, is the national
airline of
Indonesia. It is named after the mythical bird
Garuda. In Indian
Vedic tradition, Garuda is the carrier of the
Hindu god
Vishnu. The airline is based in
Jakarta at
Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, with hubs at
Ngurah Rai International Airport,
Bali,
Juanda International Airport,
Surabaya,
Polonia International Airport,
Medan,
Sepinggan International Airport,
Balikpapan, and
Singapore Changi Airport,
Singapore. It is wholly owned by the Indonesian government and employs 6,285 staff (as of March
2007).
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