In Reply to: bris.. second largest market...? posted by balibaz on Sunday, 18. March 2007 at 16:22 Bali Time:
This is part of the article:
(3/17/2007) Garuda Indonesia have announced that the temporary suspension of service to Brisbane and New Zealand will continue indefinitely.
As reported on balidiscovery.com [See: Garuda Plans to Shake Up its Route System, Again] the Indonesian National Carrier is currently re-assessing the viability and profitability of all its domestic and international routes in order to best use its current armada of aircraft.
When Garuda originally withdrew its services in 2006 on the Auckland-Brisbane-Bali route a lack of aircraft caused by the need to defer planes to service the Haj pilgrimage market was cited as one of the causes for the decision, despite Brisbane's position at that time as the second busiest port-of-call for Garuda in Australia.
With the latest announcement, previously intentions to resume Brisbane and New Zealand service on March 26, 2007 are now on indefinite hold.
"despite Brisbane's position at that time as the second busiest port-of-call for Garuda in Australia". Thats where I got my statement from.