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THE STATE-owned airline Garuda Indonesia, which is fully supported by PT Bank Negara Indonesia Tbk (BNI), is again holding the 2021 Garuda Indonesia Travel Fair (GATF) which will take place on a hybrid basis.
For offline events, GATF 2021 will be held at The Hall Mall 8th Floor Senayan City during the period 10-12 December 2021, while online events will take place on 10-16 December 2021 through the www.gatf2021.com page.
Garuda Indonesia’s Director of Services & Commerce, Ade R. Susardi, in a press conference, Tuesday (12/07), said that the implementation of the GATF this time was a manifestation of Garuda Indonesia’s commitment to continue to actively participate in supporting the recovery of the national economy, especially from the tourism sector.
GATF 2021 is an event that has been held regularly since 2008, where through this special promotional program, Garuda provides a wide selection of flight tickets and domestic and international travel packages with attractive offers.
The GATF event is also a momentum for performance recovery. Along with the increasing public confidence in flying again, this special promo program is expected to provide its own value for the community to plan a trip as early as possible.
“The presence of GATF 2021 is expected not only to strengthen the synergy between fellow tourism ecosystem actors in presenting a variety of choices and providing convenience for the community to carry out tourist trips but also to encourage regional economic recovery in various destination destinations,” said Ade.
Ade also said that GATF 2021 is the right moment for people to plan their trips, because Garuda Indonesia provides the best prices to be able to enjoy the experience of flying to various leading destinations in Indonesia safely and comfortably.
“With the travel period lasting from December 15, 2021 to November 22, 2022, we hope to provide flexibility for service users to plan flight schedules in advance according to their travel needs,” said Ade.
Through the “Best Deal” program, Garuda Indonesia offers ticket discounts of up to 80% for flights from Jakarta to 11 domestic destinations, namely Jakarta-Manado return ticket for IDR1.9 million, Jakarta-Sorong (return ticket) IDR1.9 million, Jakarta-Labuan Bajo (return ticket) IDR1.3 million, Jakarta-Medan return ticket IDR1.3 million and Jakarta-Denpasar return ticket IDR1 million.
In addition, for the ticket for Jakarta-Surabaya return ticket IDR1 million, Jakarta-Yogyakarta return ticket IDR900 thousand, Jakarta-Lombok return ticket IDR900 thousand, Jakarta-Tanjung Pinang return ticket IDR900 thousand, Jakarta-Solo return ticket IDR900 thousand and Jakarta-Semarang return ticket IDR800 thousand.
GATF 2021 also provides ticket discounts for other domestic routes up to 45% and 18% discounts for international routes. There are various other offers for GarudaMiles members, namely 50% redemption for flight ticket awards and membership level upgrades for 6 to 12 months as well as full redemptions to get free rooms to stay at various selected hotels.
Furthermore, through the Bundling GPS & Lounge Access promo, Garuda Indonesia economy passengers can get additional services for extra baggage at special prices and various promos and other attractive offers that can only be obtained during GATF.
Meanwhile, BNI’s Director of Consumer Business, Corina Leyla Karnalies said that the 2021 GATF Hybrid is a form of BNI’s commitment to encouraging the national tourism sector to recover and grow again after the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. This is also BNI’s support for Garuda Indonesia to be able to continue to provide the best service to explore the beauty and diversity of Indonesia.
“BNI is also the only partner of Garuda Indonesia, which has a complete Co-Branding Card product, namely the BNI Garuda Credit Card and the Garuda BNI Debit Card, so this synergistic partnership must continue to be carried out to always provide the best for BNI customers and loyal customers of Garuda. Indonesia,” said Corina.
Furthermore, Corina concluded the promos provided by BNI at this event were discounts/cashback up to IDR1.75 million, 0% installments for up to 12 months, free vouchers up to IDR500 thousand with BNI Reward Points and other additional programs specifically for the BNI Garuda Co-brand Card. [antaranews]
