Garuda Indonesia Airways - GIA > Reviews

Advantages: cheap,excellent service, plenty of spaces
Disadvantages: they crash quite often

I have travelled with garuda on numerous occasions - I first used them due to their rock bottom priced fares. I flew around the world taking in the Far East, Hawaii & the States - the best feature was the fact the flights were only ever half full!! - plenty of room to stretch out and move around and relatively peaceful - unlike the manic BA flights I have used. The staff were great with nothing too much trouble - unlike the surly BA cabin crew ... Read review

Advantages: Friendly cabin crew
Disadvantages: Lack of punctuality,inflight cuisine not outstanding.

I have flown on Garuda on flights between Kuala Lumpur and Jakarta and on the Pekan Baru-Singapore sector. On all occasions I have flown economy class and generally have not been too impressed. The aircraft fleet although modernised in recent years is not as modern as,eg, SIA or MAS. I cannot vouch for standards of maintenance but friends of mine who are aircraft engineers do not place the Indonesian airline at the top of the league. The in flight ... Read review

Advantages: cost effective
Disadvantages: bad reputation

I flew Garuda in October 97, one week after the crash in Dempasar killing all on board. Needless to say, I was quite nervous about the whole experience, especially for such a long journey. I found that the whole experience overall was great (one of the better flights I have taken!). The food was very good - a choice of continental and indonesian and the service was very good. We also did not experience any delays. I don't think that anyone should ... Read review

Advantages: getting off the plane
Disadvantages: getting on the plane

garuda is positively and most definatley the worst flight you can go on, theres no hope for vegetarians on that airline either, they didnt know what vegetarian meant! the best our family could get was a few meals roughly put together exept one of us was given a meal with prawns all over it and we were told to "eat around them" and lets not forget the plane crashes theyve had on the news, and also all the delays, bad service. ask yourself if it's a ... Read review

Advantages: I can't think of any
Disadvantages: I just prefer other airlines.

First thing, is not to even bother considering Garuda. True, maybe the stewardesses look good in the commercial, and they're a national airline. But then again, that's what marketing is supposed to do. No, there're lots of horror stories about Garuda, one of those being told to me by my friend who actually saw this. The stewardesses, after serving the customers, go to the back and smoke. That's pretty bad in itself. Maybe this was told to me a long ... Read review