Navtech Expands in Asia with Signing of Garuda Indonesia for Flight Planning
12 Mar 2015
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Navtech Expands in Asia with Signing of Garuda Indonesia for Flight Planning
Waterloo, ON – March 12, 2015 – Navtech, a leader in flight operations software and services, signed flag carrier Garuda Indonesia earlier this year to provide a hosted Navtech Flight Plan service. This multi-year agreement further expands Navtech’s presence into the Asia Pacific Region.
Adopting Navtech Flight Plan is part of Garuda Indonesia’s new level of service excellence initiative to transform and provide better services. Following detailed evaluation combined with a proven success record in Asia Pacific, Garuda concluded that Navtech was best positioned to support their service initiative.
The contract for Navtech Flight Plan includes a number of add-ons and features including Integrated Flight Hazards. By utilizing these features, Garuda Indonesia can create accurate and efficient flight plans for their entire expanding fleet and global routes. It will also be able to utilize the most accurate data for turbulence avoidance for increased safety and smoother flights.
As Garuda Indonesia continues to grow its network and fleet, Navtech Flight Plan stands ready to provide Garuda Indonesia with operational flexibility, scalability and efficiency while generating significant cost savings by using the best possible routes with minimum emissions.
Navtech is continuing to expand into the Asia Pacific market and is now the major flight operations supplier in several countries including Thailand, Singapore, Fiji, India, Australia, Laos, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Malaysia as well as Hong Kong.
About Navtech
Navtech is an international, leading global provider of flight operations solutions, serving more than 400 airlines and aviation services customers. Navtech’s product suite includes aeronautical charts (paper and electronic), navigation data solutions, flight planning, aircraft performance software, and crew planning solutions.
These products directly support millions of flights each year and maximize efficiency, reduce costs, and ensure compliance with complex national and international safety regulations for customers. Navtech’s corporate office is located in Canada’s technology center, Waterloo, ON, with an additional office in London and satellite offices around the world. To learn more about Navtech, visit our website www.navtech.aero, view our LinkedIn page www.linkedin.com/company/navtech-inc and follow us on Twitter @Navtech.
About Garuda Indonesia
Presenting a new level of service excellence in air travel, Garuda Indonesia, the national airline of Indonesia, seamlessly connects 76 destinations worldwide to not only one of the largest economies in Southeast Asia, but also an array of exotic locations in the beautiful archipelago of Indonesia all at once. With close to 600 daily flights and a fleet of 169 aircraft with the average age of which is less than five years old, Garuda Indonesia proudly serves its passengers with the award-winning “Garuda Indonesia Experience” service, which highlights Indonesia’s warm hospitality and rich diverse culture.
The airline continuously strives, through its ongoing transformation program, to provide better and more convenient services with one of the youngest fleets in the sky, which should grow to around 185 aircraft by 2015. The progress of Garuda Indonesia’s transformation program can be seen from achieving a Skytrax’s 5-star airline rating, ranked as the 7th best airline in the world in the 2014, as well as winning the prestigious “The World’s Best Cabin Crew” award in 2014 and “The World’s Best Economy Class” award in 2013, also from Skytrax. Garuda Indonesia is a member of SkyTeam, the global airline alliance with 20 members, providing access to an extensive global network with over 16.320 daily flights to 1,052 destinations in 177 countries.
For further information, please log on to www.garuda-indonesia.com, follow @IndonesiaGaruda on Twitter, like our Facebook page at PT.GarudaIndonesia, or subscribe to youtube.com/GarudaIndonesia1949.
Contact:
Aleksandra Kulik (Navtech)
Tel: 519-747-1170
Corporate Communications (Garuda Indonesia)
Tel: +62 21 2560 1069
Fax: +62 21 2560 1068