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GARUDA Indonesia Group has officially completed the peak season phase of Christmas 2025 and New Year 2026 by registering at least 1.5 million passengers. The number of flights operated during the peak season period, namely 18 December 2025 to 10 January 2026, is 10,400 flights.
According to Garuda Indonesia’s Director of Operations, Dani Haikal Iriawan, said that the availability of seats that we present during the year-end holiday season, is a representation of the Garuda Indonesia Group’s commitment to supporting smooth community mobilization, especially towards selected destinations, both domestic and international, which increases significantly during the peak season.
“The record of seat occupancy is in line with the growing trend of public travel as well as the implementation of the government’s ticket price adjustment implementation policy during the peak season period of Christmas and New Year 2025/2026,” said Dani.
In the record flow of departures for the end of year holidays, the highest passenger occupancy rate was above 90% on domestic routes with departures including from Jakarta to Denpasar, Surabaya, Kualanamu, Semarang and Yogyakarta, while for international routes namely to Jeddah, Singapore, Doha, Haneda, Shanghai, Medina and Incheon which also departed from Jakarta.
Furthermore, in the holiday season at the end of this year, the Garuda Indonesia Group also recorded an average level of flight punctuality (On-Time Performance) of 89% throughout the peak season period. The OTP record shows a growth trend when compared to last year’s Christmas peak season which recorded an average OTP of 86%.
In addition, Garuda Indonesia and Citilink also recorded an average level of punctuality for daily first flight departures (OTP First Departure) of up to 99%, an increase compared to the same period the previous year of 97%. This first departure performance is the main foundation in maintaining daily operational rhythms and consistent punctuality on subsequent flight schedules.
Dani also said that this achievement was the result of strengthening operational readiness as a whole. “The momentum of Christmas and New Year demands the readiness of a comprehensive operational strategy and solid cross-sector collaboration. Therefore, fleet readiness, flight crew and coordination; airport services run optimally to provide a safe and comfortable travel experience for the public,” added Dani.
With a number of optimization steps carried out by the Garuda Indonesia Group, including strengthening the readiness of the fleet and flight crew, increasing time discipline at first departure, GA Group operational posts, strengthening ground handling coordination, as well as real-time operational monitoring carried out to maintain consistent flight timeliness during this peak season.
“We express our deepest gratitude for the synergy of all stakeholders who supported smooth operations during this period. “Solid collaboration is one of the main keys in maintaining the momentum for improving Garuda Indonesia Group’s operational performance, which we believe can strengthen operational readiness which we continue to optimize on an ongoing basis,” concluded Dani. [traveltext.id]
