The airline said Soekarno-Hatta Airport's runways did not meet the required level of strength 'typically needed for the operation of a full capacity, heavy duty commercial airline such as the Boeing 777-300ER'. 'The aircraft will then be deployed to another region until our J akarta to London service begins in 2014, when the aircraft will fly from Sydney to Jakarta and onto London direct,' he said. Siregar, said the B777-300ER would still be put into service on the Sydney-Jakarta route between November 8 and December 18. However, the airline's vice-president for Australia and the South-West Pacific, Bagus Y.
The airline has been heavily marketing a new non-stop Sydney-Jakarta-London flight, due to launch in November but now delayed until May. GARUDA Indonesia has been forced to postpone its planned new London service because the runway in Jakarta is not strong enough to take its fully laden Boeing 777-300ER aircraft. Garuda Indonesia's Boeing planes too heavy to land at Jakarta
