Cita Hati Christian Senior School held a study tour called
WEEK WITHOUT WALLS
It is unfortunate that I cannot join the wonderful trip.
So I had to RESEARCH!! How dreadful was that!
Even if it is no fun, I was privileged to be able to know about the wondrous things Indonesia has to offer.
The students went to visit Garuda Indonesia's landmarks in Jakarta
and I had to research on those!
GMF,GITC and ACS!
hope you enjoy the rest of the blog! :-)
Let us talk about GMF first! GMF was an abbreviation for Garuda Maintenance Facility.
What is Garuda Maintenance Facility or GMF anyways?
PT. Garuda Maintenance Facility (GMF) is the base camp for Garuda Indonesia’s aero plane maintenance. This maintenance center facility was built on an area approximately 115 hectares. This huge patch of land is located around Bandara Soekarno-Hatta Cengkareng.
GMF is opened for service 24 hours a day, with approximately 1,600 workers and technicians.
Purpose
GMF Airplane maintenance center was equipped with modern repairing technology which are internationally recognized. GMF was facilitated with 3 airplane hangar that can accommodate wide body airplanes and narrow body airplanes. GMF was also equipped with supplementary facilities such as workshops, spare part garage, waste disposal area and lots more.
Partnership
GMF has acquired certificates and recognitions from international institutions such as: FAA – United States, CAAS – Singapore, DOA – Thailand, ATO – Philippines, CAA – Pakistan, and many more.
Not only for Garuda Indonesia airplanes, has GMF also accepted repair service for mainstream airplanes from various countries that needs reparation whilst in the lands of Indonesia. GMF has taken care of many competitor’s airplanes like: Air Canada, Kuwait Airways, World Airways, Latur Mexico, Pakistan Airline, Iran Assesman, Cambodia Airforce, Air Nigeria, Merpati Airlines, Mandala and many
GITC
GITC or Garuda Indonesia Training Center is the training and educational institution for Garuda Indonesia employees; either on land or up in the air (pilot and stewardess). Trainings that were held in GITC have surpassed the international standard. The institution was certified for ISO 9001.
FACILITIES
To support its training activities and satisfies customer's needs, GITC provides the following facilities:
• 34 class rooms
• 3 Clasess of Computers Lab with Network integrated
• 2 Clasess of Computer Based Training
• Dormitory with 40 rooms
• Student Canteen and
• Cockpit Crew Lounge
• Free WIFI for internet access
• Full Flight Simulators (F28, B737CG, B747-200)
• Cabin Service Mockup Wide Body and Narrow Body
• Static Mockup and motion mockup for Emergency Procedure Training
• Door trainers for most aircraft types
• Auditorium Hall for conference, seminar and meeting
• Pool for cabin/cockpit crew wet drill training
• Mosque
• e-learning web sites
• Sport Center (tennis court, badminton, jogging track, basket ball)
• Gymnastic Room
• Modern Music and traditional gamelan set
• Helli pad
GITC provided training programs such as; Education for pilot, education and training for flight attendants, training for ground staff , for instance, the mechanic, ticketing, customer service and airline management. Every programs were taught through theories and practices.
Pilots were educated with a syllabus of mathematics, navigation, physics, aerodynamics, mechanical skills and practical lectures using simulator. GITC facilitated a simulator for Boeing and Airbus.
ACS
ACS is an abbreviation for Aero Catering Service. The corporate itself- PT. ACS is the supplementary company from PT. Aerowisata which is the subsidiary company of Garuda Indonesia. ACS is in the business of catering for aeroplanes. This subsidiary company has been operating since 1974 and it has employed more than 1.300 workers.
The head quarters and manufacture factory of ACS is located near Jakarta’s International Airport Bandara Soekarno-Hatta, Cenkareng. Besides Jakarta, PT. ACS also has various branch offices throughout Indonesia.
Purpose
ACS (Aero Catering Service) is a company under Garuda Indonesia that has a purpose of supplying meals for inbound and outbound flights. ACS manufacture branches can produce more than 65,000 meals each day. Jakarta branch itself can produce approximately 35,000 meals each day! This company is not a joke; their production process applies an International Standard in accordance to ISO 9001 – 2001.
For Garuda Indonesia flights, ACS also provides special-request meals such as: vegetarian meal, kosher meal, diabetic meal, gluten atau sugar free meal, low fat meal, soft diet meal a\dan low salt diet meal. This type of request can be done during the flight reservation or three days before the flight depart.
Partner
Besides creating meals for airline passangers, PT. ASC also produce meals for hotels in Indonesia. Besides providing food for all Garuda flights, ACS also provide meals for other airlines- both domestic and International flights. Those partners are: Merpati Nusantara Airlines, Pelita Air Services, Bouraq, Star Air and many more. PT. ACS equips 19 International airlines such as: Air China, Cathay Pacific, China Airlines, EVA Air, Malaysian Airlines, Qantas, Qatar Airlines, Thai Airways, and many more.
THIS IS ALL ABOUT GARUDA INDONESIA
CHEERS!
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